90% of the critical beds in Rosario have already been taken care of

Consecutive days of intense cold in the city triggered consultations and hospitalizations in the Rosario health system. To the point that there is already a 90% occupancy of almost 600 critical beds for respiratory images between the public and private sectors. "In some centers and hospitals, we have seen an increase in demand of 30 to 50%," said Municipal Secretary of Public Health Leonardo Caruana.

The grievor clarified that there was "no situation of collapse or overflow" "

In parallel, the municipality and the province worked in an articulated way with works prepaid and social to refer patients in case of missing space in areas of the state. 19659002] Caruana pointed out that the peculiarity of this year was "the late arrival of low temperatures", which occurred only in the early days of June, compared to other more temperate autumns.

"In general," the official continued – according to the epidemiological curves we have, there are always peaks of consultation and a request for hospitalization due to respiratory symptoms during the last week of June and the first of July. "

In this sense, the local health portfolio manager confided that during the last two weeks there had been a marked increase in consultations in all health centers and hospitals in Rosario. "

Caruana He said that at present," 90% of critical beds in the health system are used "for this type of seasonal tables, especially in public health centers. [19659002] As was known, in Rosario, there are almost 600 critical beds between public and private providers: 259 for neonatology, 277 for adults and 38 for pediatric care.

"The increase in consultations in the public and private sectors is considerable, so it may happen that waiting times in the guards are larger than usual, "added Caruana.

immediately clarified that the health system of the city" does not go through a saturation scenario. Until this year, we have not had full filling situations in our intensive therapy beds.

The head of the Local Public Health Secretariat said that every year "we met with the province, social workers and private providers on high demand dates to optimize all beds in the city. "

In this regard mentioned the importance of using" mechanisms called abridged hospitalization where there are intensive four-hour treatments to avoid definitive hospitalizations, mainly in children. "

This pre-intervention modality allowed the decompression of intensive care wards, particularly at the Víctor J. Vilela children's hospital where there were days up to 40 abbreviated hospitalizations. [19659002] Caruana pointed out that comes "to work on the basis of an agreement with the private sector where we optimize all critical beds to avoid what or has happened on some occasions in the past, when patients were traveling in the city with the ambulance unable to get into an effector. "

In recent weeks, the administration has detected an increase in demand" in some health centers. 30%, 50% in others, but without collapse. "

Caruana mentioned as mitigating the increase in demand" that the beds were increased in the North Zone Hospital and in the Centennial, in addition to the large We are working with areas of social security and the private sector. "

" We are going through an intense winter, similar to other years, with a lot of work but with a great resolution of the cases based on the effort. Interdisciplinary Teams ", closed.

High levels of vaccination of at-risk groups stand out

The Municipal Secretary of Public Health, Leonardo Caruana, emphasized the" high levels of vaccination "this year in high-risk groups

" We started the campaign on March 3 and we had very good coverage in all vaccination centers in the city. "

The calendar National Immunization Program includes the influenza vaccine for pregnant women, which should be applied to any trimester of pregnancy.The vaccine protects both the mother and the baby (through pbadage of antibodies). by the placenta) .In case of not having received it during pregnancy, the mother must be vaccinated within 10 days after childbirth.Children from 6 to 24 months are also included.They should be receive 2 doses, separated at least 4 weeks if they had not previously received two doses of influenza vaccine. Those who have received at least two doses of influenza vaccine should receive only one dose. In addition, it includes people aged 2 to 64 with certain conditions such as obesity, diabetes, respiratory diseases, heart disease, conbad or acquired immunodeficiencies, oncology patients, transplant recipients or chronic renal failure patients. under dialysis. At the same time, adults over 65 and health personnel are considered.