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Corona denier discharges himself from the clinic - Doctor: "Didn't make it to the hospital alive"

2021-11-24T10:28:52.643Z


A doctor describes the situation in the Rottal-Inn district: He also sheds light on the case of a corona denier who no longer made it to the clinic alive.


A doctor describes the situation in the Rottal-Inn district: He also sheds light on the case of a corona denier who no longer made it to the clinic alive.

Eggenfelden - Doctors at the Rottal-Inn clinics in Eggenfelden, Lower Bavaria, no longer see their corona intensive care unit far from collapse.

"We are only at the beginning of the fourth wave," said chairman Bernd Hirtreiter.

He assumes that the number of corona patients will double within the next two to four weeks and has sharp criticism of the corona policy.

The situation in the Bavarian corona hotspot remains tense: triage is emerging

The ten intensive care beds in the clinic are occupied.

"Everything is full, we have no more capacity." The resources in other hospitals are similarly tight.

"That worries us very much." Almost two weeks ago, numerous patients were brought to other clinics in a major relocation campaign, reported Hirtreiter.

“That helped us a lot.

Otherwise we would have already flooded. "

If the number of patients doubled, the relocation of the seriously ill would no longer be possible, said the medical director Klaus Kienle.

Triage is currently not an issue, but it is emerging.

Corona: Doctor from hotspot finds damning words for political measures

Hirtreiter finds clear words: "This is a collective failure of politics." In the summer, the politicians prepared for the elections, since not much had happened with regard to Corona. Hirtreiter is annoyed that people who have been vaccinated should have been “boosted” after four to five months. "Instead, they filled the football stadiums, welcomed the carnival and discussed a" Freedom Day "and an end to the pandemic emergency."

Klaus Kienle refers to forecasts by the university hospitals in Munich and Freiburg, according to which two high points can be expected in the fourth wave - namely in mid-December and early February.

"If the clinics sound the alarm and say they are at their limit, then I would expect a very clear concept from politicians about what actually happens if the number of patients actually doubles." The clinics lacked specific announcements, criticized he.

"What is the worst-case scenario?

Who is helping out?

How is the Bundeswehr involved? "

"We don't have 30 minutes for every patient"

All this is difficult to explain to the nursing staff, who are now on duty on the Corona front for the fourth time, said Kienle.

The employees are increasingly exhausted, adds Hirtreiter.

"And also angry because so many patients are there where it would not have been necessary if there had been more vaccination readiness and booster offers."


The work is made more difficult when relatives try to prevent a patient from being transferred.

“It's an incredible effort.

We don't have 30 minutes to talk to the relatives on the phone to relocate each patient. "

Corona denier dismissed himself: When he then calls the emergency doctor, it is already too late

Problems with less understanding corona deniers are less common, says Kienle.

He reports on a case in which a denier of the disease who was seriously ill with corona dismissed himself against the express medical advice.

At home, his condition deteriorated so much that he finally called the emergency doctor.

"That man didn't make it to the hospital alive."


The Rottal-Inn district is one of the corona hotspots in Bavaria.

According to the Robert Koch Institute, the number of new infections within seven days per 100,000 people was 1,426.1 on Tuesday, well above the national average.

(dpa)

List of rubric lists: © Fabian Strauch / dpa / Symbolbild

Source: merkur

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