President Iván Duque assured, this Saturday during his daily broadcast on the situation of the pandemic of the coronavirus in Colombia, that the national Government has sought a functional integration with Cundinamarca, in what has to do with attention for the current emergency.
His words came from answering a asks about what will happen in the event that the capacity of Intensive Care Units of Bogota.
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The president began by highlighting that the capital has had an increase in response capacity of more than 40% and that the city has a little more than 1,600 You study, of which 1,200 are destined for the covid-19, and capacities continue to be expanded.
Bogotá has a little more than 1,600 ICUs, of which 1,200 are destined for the covid-19,
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“Thinking not only of the strengthening of that network, there are also contingency plans in which, of course, a functional integration has been sought with Cundinamarca, Given the Cundinamarca also has an increasing number of Intensive Care Units and the utilization of the covid and non-covid units is at 50%“Said the president.
He added that in the face of any contingency, “we would also be looking for the possibility of expanding with what we have close by, without forgetting that we have additional contingencies in other parts of the country.”
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“We are certainly working with the response capacity that Bogotá has, I think the expansion that the network has had is important,” he said.
There are contingency plans in which, of course, a functional integration with Cundinamarca has been sought
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The deputy minister
He vice minister of health, Alexánder Moscoso, told EL TIEMPO that in all cities there is a plan A, a plan B and a plan C, because the risks of a population are great because the time may come when they have fans, but there is no place to locate them or there is no specialized human resource.
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“It is an additional plan initially with Cundinamarca, but also a plan with all the near and far neighbors“, said.
Moscoso stressed that that is why fans have been getting in all areas and mentioned, for example, that this Saturday the 18th were located in Soacha, 10 in Facatativa, 18 in Zipaquirá, and 14 were sent to Villavicencio, 20 to I went and the same number for Neiva.
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According to President Duque, the expansion that Bogotá has had in its network of ICUs is important.
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University of the Andes
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Said the idea is to have a small fence first and then a large fence.
Moscoso assured that what is intended is not only to have these cities ready with their medical capacity to attend to any eventuality in Bogotá, but also because these populations consume Intensive Care Units in the capital of the country.
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At the example level, he explained that there has been no thought of sending patients from Bogotá to Tunja, but if it is strengthening the capital of Boyacá, as well as Duitama and Sogamoso, so that patients stay in that department.
“With this we are minimizing remission and being an alternative in case of congestion“Said the official.
The level of occupation of the Intensive Care Units in Bogotá this Saturday was in the order of 90%.
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