In Morelos, man who threatened to burn hospital dies from COVID-19

One of the neighbors who threatened to burn the Axochiapan Regional Hospital if it was enabled for care to coronavirus patients died this Monday victim of COVID-19, Morelos health authorities reported.

Indeed, one of the leaders who made a move a few weeks ago against the Axochiapan hospital entered the hospital with respiratory distress data on Saturday and, unfortunately … today he died inside the Axochiapan hospital, ” said Héctor Barón Olivares, director of the Morelos health services.

He was admitted with respiratory failure

During the virtual press conference that takes place every afternoon to publicize the advances in contagion and the spread of COVID-19 in the entity, the authorities reported that the subject entered last weekend with respiratory insufficiency and after testing it turned out positive for coronavirus.

He is a patient who arrived with acute respiratory failure, immediately entered the hospital, his sample was taken, he tested positive and, unfortunately, he died today ”, Mario Balbuena Basurto, deputy director of hospitals for health services in Morelos.

Villagers tried to burn down the hospital

On March 30, some 50 residents of Axochiapan, urged on by the transport leader, protested outside the Regional Hospital to demand that the hospital not be used to care for COVID-19 patients; otherwise, the villagers threatened to burn down the hospital.

Here the only idea is that the hospital is aware that we are not interested in bringing anyone, and if they are going to spoil things, do what they want but they will not bring people because then there will be a fight. We burn them, we burn them and there is no hospital, I’ll take care of burning it “, noted the carrier leader at the time.

Morelos health sector affected by COVID-19

During the health conference, the authorities reported that there are already 78 infections among medical personnel working in hospitals to care for coronavirus.

We have 32 confirmed doctors, 29 nurses, other Health workers where, precisely, or stretcher-bearers, custodial staff or nutrition partners or from any other area that participates in hospital care; We have 14, one odontologists, one laboratory technicians and a medical student, also confirmed, in total, we have 78 Health personnel who are, at this moment, confirmed with COVID-19 ”, Marco Antonio Cantú Cuevas, Morelos health secretary, pointed out.

This is the first and only positive case of COVID-19 registered in Axochiapan. In the state 59 deaths are registered and there are 505 confirmed cases.

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