Oberallgäu - The Kempten-Oberallgäu clinics are at the limit, reports the district office.
District Administrator Indra Baier-Müller asks the citizens for help.
The corona pandemic is not only leading to a worrying situation across Bavaria, but also in the region.
With 66 hospitalized Corona patients in the Kempten-Oberallgäu clinics (as of November 19, 2021, current figures in the Corona News Ticker Oberallgäu), the load limit for the staff has been reached, says District Administrator Indra Baier-Müller: "The situation for the nursing staff is extremely tense.
The Oberallgäu health department is overloaded.
Those who have tested positive should therefore inform their close contacts themselves.
The burden on the medical supply systems in the Allgäu is at the limit
Due to the need to move patients, the burden on the emergency services increases significantly.
The heroes of the pandemic, nursing staff, aid organizations, volunteers, employees in the public health service, devotedly help people every day.
Now everyone has to help: vaccinate, reduce contacts, wear FFP2 mask. ”This is the only way to jointly contain the fourth wave, which hit the region with full force.
Treatments that can be postponed have to wait
In Swabia, postponable inpatient treatments have been prohibited since the weekend.
How serious the situation is shows that currently not all corona intensive care patients can receive medical care in each of the three rescue service areas in Swabia.
A growing number have to be relocated to other houses with great organizational effort.
Even for the health department, the number of cases, sometimes over 300 corona cases, can hardly be managed every day.
District Administrator Baier-Müller therefore appeals to everyone's responsibility and addresses everyone who has not yet been able to decide on a vaccination.
Appeal: "Get vaccinated!"
A vaccination is not a strong interference with personal freedom, but a free decision for effective protection and thus the most responsible contribution to controlling the pandemic: “We all want to avoid a lockdown, we want open schools.
We can only do that if as many as possible can be vaccinated and boosted and we avoid contacts in the next few weeks where possible. "