José Roberto Medécigo, director of the General Hospital “Dr. Columba Rivera Osorio”reported that care for COVID patients has increased since December, although hospitalizations have decreased, infections continue to increase.
The clinic has its own COVID area, which provides care to patients, day and night to avoid hospitalization.
Roberto Medécigo, pointed out that the disease is still present, and that is why the necessary health measures must be taken to prevent the spread of the virus, since at the beginning of the year 10 patients were hospitalized, many of them were over 65 years of age. of age and with comorbidities, that is, diabetic, hypertensive, or kidney disease patients.
Finally, he commented that the institute has the advantage of having a drug, which is currently managed, in patients who have risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, smoking, to prevent the disease from becoming a serious disease, is attended in consultation external and follow-up is given, the treatment is Paxlovid that is taken to prevent the disease from intensifying.
