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Mendoza, above the country in infected health personnel

Since the start of the pandemic, 20 cases of coronavirus health center workers have already been registered in the province. These are employees of six healthcare centers in Greater Mendoza and the East of the province and they represent almost 10% of those infected.

Health personnel infected with coronavirus in Spain – one of the countries most affected by the pandemic – amounted to 21% at the end of June. Meanwhile, according to the report of the National Ministry of Health, 7.8% of the cases registered in the country since the start of the pandemic are health workers, that is, 6,275 patients. Meanwhile, at the provincial level, this percentage amounts to 9.85% (20 cases).

At the local level, among those infected are 13 doctors, six nurses and one person who works in the cleaning area.

In turn, according to health authorities, on this total 11 are hospitalized and the rest have already been discharged. Those who continue to be isolated are six workers from Lagomaggiore Hospital, four from Perrupato and one resident from Central Hospital.

Mendoza has 203 positive cases accumulated, according to the last official part given this Monday. These are 52 imported, 128 through close contact and 23 in epidemiological investigation. In addition, 10 people died of coronavirus and 108 were discharged.

The first cases

April ranks as the second month with the most positives in the province, when 65 cases were registered. In turn, during the first days of that month, the first patients with the virus were warned within the local health system.

It was about four professionals from the French Clinic. This situation caused the authorities of the private healthcare center to close their doors for two weeks to disinfect the facilities.

In the midst of this situation, it was known that a professional from the Central Hospital he had also contracted coronavirus. The doctor attended to patients with COVID 19 at the healthcare center, so the link at that time was through close contact.

In that instance, the director of the care center on Alem street, Ariel Herrera explained that the woman had presented the symptoms when she was in a period of rest so, at that time, they should not have isolated other professionals.

The Spanish doctor and the links with the Notti nurses

Since then, it took just over two months for a health worker to catch it. On June 23, authorities reported that a 37-year-old doctor had contracted COVID 19 during a consultation with a positive patient.

This young woman was one of the close contacts of Luzuriaga’s merchant (case 112) who had been reported as a positive case a few days earlier.

As a consequence, the authorities of the Spanish Hospital reviewed the steps of the doctor and about 30 people were isolated, including site personnel and patients.

Although there were no more positives in the Godoy Cruz healthcare center, there were other cases related to this professional and that led to the spread of three nurses at Notti Hospital.

It happens that a pregnant woman-patient of the obstetrician-was infected during a consultation with the man. This woman, in turn, passed the virus on to her sister, who works at the pediatric healthcare center in Guaymallén.

After the 30-year-old nurse tested positive, the Notti authorities decided to isolate another 18 nurses and five doctors, as well as four patients and their families.

Within a few days, two co-workers of the nurse were also positivethus adding three female pediatric hospital workers with the virus.

The situation in the East

Regarding the situation in the East, on March 24, the authorities reported that A 30-year-old man who works in the cleaning area of ​​Perrupato had tested positive.

A week later, it was confirmed that a nurse in the neonatal area of ​​the same healthcare center had also contracted the virus.

The situation with this case was that the 59-year-old woman was not in contact with COVID positive patients, so the authorities are trying to determine how she was infected. Soon after, she joined this list another worker in the sector, 42 years old and from Junín.

Finally, this Monday, the 32-year-old third nurse, and the fourth worker at the healthcare center, was confirmed to have been infected.

The health authorities pay attention to this healthcare center, which currently has 13 cases of coronavirus. This is because the last confirmed patients are two babies of 7 and 23 dayswho are estimated to they were infected by one of the nurses in the neonatology area since their mothers are not carriers of the virus.

El Lagomaggiore

This Sunday, the Health authorities confirmed as positive two doctors, aged 27 and 42, from the Luis Lagomaggiore Hospital. Hours later, four more were added to this list.

Thus there are already six infected and this healthcare center becomes the one with the most professionals with coronavirus registered in the province, so far.

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