Saxony is already dependent on the help of other federal states, the fourth wave has the Free State fully under control.
Is there really a risk of triage soon?
According to the State Medical Association, Dresden - Saxony has to prepare for a triage.
There are only a few beds available in the intensive care units in the Free State, said the President of the State Medical Association, Erik Bodendieck, the broadcaster NDR Info.
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According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the weekly incidence skyrocketed on Thursday - to a value of 336.4.
The day before, the number of weekly new infections per 100,000 inhabitants was still 289.7.
This leaves Saxony, behind Thuringia (357.4), the state with the second highest incidence value.
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If nothing changes, a selection must be made of who will be treated and who will not.
"We have to triage and I will discuss that again with my colleagues in the clinics this week."
Preventive triage, i.e. keeping beds free, is not legally possible.
"For unvaccinated patients in a Covid situation this is usually not the case that they can survive a Covid situation," said Bodendieck.
He hopes that things will turn out differently than currently forecast.
Saxony is in any case dependent on the help of other federal states.
dpa
