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Coronavirus in Mexico: 79 deaths and 1,890 confirmed cases

In Mexico the number of cases of people infected by COVID-19 increased to 1,890 confirmed patients, reported the Ministry of Health (SSa). The figure of fatalities increased to 79.

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This morning, at a press conference by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, health sector officials presented the system they will carry out so that Specialist doctors, trained in Covid-19, have a protocol of action in medical units.

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They presented a website for continuous updating of health personnel where they can register and train, the page is coviduti.salud.gob.mx.

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Alejandro Svarch Pérezwho is in charge of the National Medical Coordination of the Institute of Health for Well-being (Insabi), announced that before the structural deficit of doctors, work on a plan to train more specialized personnel and thus have enough hands in the intensive care area.

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The new model that the health sector has proposed through various institutions such as Pemex, the IMSS, ISSSTE, the Ministry of National Defense and the Navy, proposes a strategy for reconversion of human resources from which medical and nursing personnel will be used throughout the country, generals or specialists from non-critical areas.

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These people will receive specialized training of severe cases of the new coronavirus to integrate into care teams for these patients with the objective of reorganize the structure of health services through a cascade model.

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In preparation for phase 3 of the epidemic, which expected to arrive in mid-April, the Mexican government reiterated this Thursday its call to all health specialists, including specialized doctors and nurses, to combat COVID-19.

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“This relaunch of the call for joining efforts is focused on specialist personnel, we need those who are trained in patient management, especially the one that requires ventilatory supportthat is, intubation, “said Svarch.

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Information in development

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