One photo says more than a thousand words. The overloaded Krnov hospital has decided to publish a photo report from its covid wards to make the public aware of what healthcare professionals are experiencing these days. The strongest shots include paramedics who fall asleep in the corridor sitting or a sweaty T-shirt after a long shift in a protective “spacesuit”.
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Covid’s departments are already on the verge of their capacity, although the management of the Krnov hospital decided at the end of November to stop all non-acute care and, for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, it also reduced outpatient operations.
“We have temporarily stopped enrolling patients with the most severe course of Covid-19. The ambulance must transport them to other hospitals. Unfortunately, we are full and we have to take care of patients in whom the course of the disease worsens, “said the director of the Krnov hospital, Ladislav Václavec.
There were 18,582 cases of covid on Thursday. Nine thousand less than a week ago
See for yourself the emotional photo gallery, which shows the current situation in the Krnov ARO and internal ICU, and in the wards that served as pulmonary and orthopedic in front of the covid.
The photo report shows the situation at the beginning of December 2021. “Caring for patients with Covid-19 is extremely demanding for healthcare professionals. The general public often cannot even imagine what is happening behind hospital walls. You can now view the images capturing our paramedics at work. They are real heroes and they deserve admiration, ”said the team of the SZZ Krnov Association of Medical Facilities when publishing the gallery.
Of course, the photos do not show the worst that is happening in the hospital. Patients often die right before their eyes.
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