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Overload of Bavaria's intensive care units: "It's worse than last winter"

2021-11-11T05:20:48.984Z


The hospital traffic light is red - but doctors and intensive care nurses have been fighting for months in many clinics. They do not get gratitude back from all corona patients.


The hospital traffic light is red - but doctors and intensive care nurses have been fighting for months in many clinics.

They do not get gratitude back from all corona patients.

Rosenheim / Murnau - The critical phase began in the Rosenheim clinics when many people were still enjoying their summer vacation.

As early as August, the beds in the intensive care unit were running out again, reports managing director Jens Deerberg-Wittram.

The number of Corona * patients has continued to rise from month to month, he reports.

At 105, it is currently higher than at the peak of the previous Corona winter, when there were no vaccinations.

"But at that time there was a lockdown *, so significantly fewer accident patients were admitted," emphasizes Deerberg-Wittram.

(By the way: Our Bavaria newsletter informs you about all the important stories from the Free State. Register here.)

Overload of intensive care units: Lack of nurses and high incidences

The district of Rosenheim * had an incidence * of 562.8 on Wednesday - so it is still well behind regions like Miesbach or Mühldorf, which have also been struggling with missing intensive care beds for months.

The Bavaria-wide hospital traffic light, however, was still on carefree green a good week ago.

For the four clinics in the Rosenheim district, a third of the intensive care beds are currently not available because there is a lack of nursing staff.

The personnel situation is much more tense than last winter, explains Deerberg-Wittram.

“The market for intensive care workers is completely empty.

We cannot fill every position that becomes vacant. ”In addition, many intensive care workers are on sick leave - some also because of exhaustion.

"And of course there are also infections and quarantines among our staff."


Exceptional situation in hospitals: Corona patient spat at nursing staff

Of the 105 corona patients, 16 are in the intensive care unit.

There have been 90 since August. Almost all of them were unvaccinated, reports the managing director.

“We now have significantly more younger patients.

Very healthy 40-year-olds who were hit by Corona. "But even if patients end up in hospital with an infection, that does not automatically mean that they take the virus more seriously, reports Deerberg-Wittram.

“Some are really aggressive, refuse to wear the mask * or even threaten the nursing staff.” A patient recently tore off a nurse's protective equipment and spat on them.

Despite all professionalism and safety precautions, the fear of infecting oneself is a constant companion for many intensive care workers.

Great stress in the clinics - and not just since the corona pandemic

Sebastian Rößler has been an intensive care nurse for 20 years.

He currently works in the Murnau Accident Clinic - not on the Corona ward, but the burden is great everywhere.

And not just since the beginning of the pandemic *.

“The workload was already at its upper limit,” he emphasizes.

"Due to Corona, only people now know how great the emergency is in the intensive care units."

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In some Bavarian hospitals, beds in intensive care units are becoming scarce.

© Jeff Pachoud / dpa

The shortage of intensive care beds is not new, patients had to be moved before, he reports from his time in a large Munich clinic.

Operations also had to be postponed earlier due to the lack of post-operative intensive care beds.

“Of course the state of emergency is acute now, but that is the result of years of neglect of this problem.

Corona is a drop in the ocean. "

Bavarian hospital traffic light is red

Managing Director Deerberg-Wittram is happy that at least the clinic traffic light now shows how dramatic the situation in the intensive care units is now.

“That also means that the local pandemic rules will be tightened.

From the point of view of the hospital staff, 2G is better than 3G.

Deerberg-Wittram emphasizes: "Everything that leads to more protection helps us."

(Kw) * Merkur.de / bayern is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA

List of rubric lists: © Jeff Pachoud / dpa

Source: merkur

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