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José Manuel Olivares, a medical surgeon and deputy to the National Assembly, warned that three states in the country have already exceeded hospital capacity to care for patients with covid-19. Situation that will be repeated in Caracas in the coming days, he said.
“Already 3 states in the country have exceeded their hospital capacity. The collapse continues in Zulia and there is concern about the increase in infections in various states of the country. But, today I want to warn of the hospital collapse in the capital, “he said.
He explained that large hospitals have a maximum capacity of 143 ventilators and the same number of beds in intensive care units.
“The University Clinical Hospital has an occupancy rate of 75% in the coronavirus care area; in Pérez Carreño there is a 100% occupation; the Hospital de los Magallanes de Catia is occupied 85% ”, he explained.
He added that the Victorino Santaella medical center, in Los Teques, is also at its maximum capacity, a circumstance that is repeated in Domingo Luciani, located in Petare, Sucre municipality.
He also indicated that the X-ray units of these sanitary facilities, both in the Capital District and in Miranda, are paralyzed, which prevents chest plates from being made.
Infections in health personnel
On the other hand, the parliamentarian warned that coronavirus infections continue to increase among health personnel.
He reported that 4 resident doctors were infected at the Miguel Pérez Carreño hospital, 10 at the Concepción Palacios Maternity Hospital and 5 at the Luis Razetti Hospital, in Anzoátegui state.
Likewise, in the last 48 hours, four health professionals died. Among them, a nurse and a doctor in Zulia, another doctor in Lara and one in Bolívar.
With this, there are 14 health professionals who have asked for life in Venezuela due to the coronavirus.
3 states in the country have already exceeded their hospital capacity. Ccs is also close to reaching the limit.
3 doctors and 1 nurse have died in the last 48 hours because there is no protection material, the dictatorship continues to blame others, instead of providing solutions. pic.twitter.com/rxBmFG4xiD– Jose Manuel Olivares (@joseolivaresm) July 11, 2020
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