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Published on: 27/10/2020 12:07
“We ask to immediately apply the most restrictive measures to contain the spread of the virus in society, throughout the region, or at least in the areas most at risk (such as Milan) without delay and at the cost of unpopularity. The latest measures represent a step forward. forward, but unfortunately they are not enough “. It is the appeal of the Lombard first aid. The spokesperson is Guido Bertolini, head of the Covid-19 Coordination for these departments. Heard by Adnkronos Salute, he clarifies the meaning of the message: “Now we need to close. We have reached the point that a lockdown is needed. The risk situation is generalized, it affects the whole region. Especially in some areas, the welfare system is close to collapse. . Milan is further ahead, but other provinces also have that exponential trend that is worrying “.
For Bertolini the problem is precisely this: “When exponential growth enters the steep phase of ascent – he explains – there is no longer any way to control it. And it is necessary to close. It is now late for something else. Any measure has effects between 10-15 days. Even if we close everything now, for 15 days we will go on to see this impressive growth in infections and patients who need treatment with suffering from hospitals. If the emergency rooms are in an almost unmanageable situation, and so it is, that suffering then it reaches all levels. Even society is not spared. “
Bertolini thinks about street protests in recent days. “Unfortunately, I don’t think the story we are telling is true – he observes – What we cannot understand is that leaving it open does not mean that the economy will be able to run, with a pathology of these proportions in circulation. ‘impact on the economy, I fear they are greater than those that would have occurred with the choice to close for a limited period. Those who have a business cannot accept this view, but the data are clear and there are already studies that calculate the costs of the pandemic , independent of closures “.
Bertolini is from Bergamo and has lived closely the pain brought by the first wave of Covid-19. “I’m afraid we will be forced to lockdown and we will understand it when we start seeing the same things we saw in Bergamo in March-April. Truly impressive scenes – like the procession of military trucks carrying coffins – that we all have in mind. that we will get there because every day of delay has an incredible impact. I understand that we need to safeguard the economy, society, but what is the best way to do it? We have not yet given a credible answer to this question. people know what the real situation is and in which direction we are going “.
“Unfortunately, we are facing a second serious emergency -she stresses-. We want to represent to the Lombard citizens what is really happening in the hospitals of our region. The sudden increase in infections has reached the threshold level that causes stress on the hospital system. Does this mean the stress of the hospital system? It means dealing with an ‘exponential’ daily increase of Covid-19 patients arriving in the emergency room “.
Some of the patients who arrive in these emergency wards, says Bertolini, “are in urgent need of oxygen to breathe and sometimes need ventilator devices such as helmets for CPAP and, in the worst cases, resort to mechanical ventilation in intensive care”.
“In many cases”, adds Bertolini, patients “do not find the possibility of immediate hospitalization due to the lack of available beds and remain for 24-48-72 hours (but sometimes even more) in the emergency room. waiting for a destination “. Alongside these patients, “much more than in March and April when we were in lockdown, there are non-Covid patients, critical and otherwise”. The result, Bertolini warns, “is to have first aid in extreme suffering with overcrowded areas in which the necessary distancing is lacking, thus increasing the risk of infection by air, both the risks of clinical error and not fully treating the patients” .
For the experts it is “a really dangerous situation that requires immediate choices and strategies”.
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