Only 5% of children who arrive at Notti have complex images

The cold came to Mendoza, the low temperatures were felt and with that came the respiratory diseases at the small ones. The Notti Hospital is the main public effector of Cuyo and only the most complex cases should arrive but that is far from the case. The long hours of waiting increase and the health portfolio they request that they only use when the table is in red code or that they are transferred to a health room.

The director of the hospital Raúl Rufeil explains that this year they still do not arrive at the top of the consultations. He pointed out that 'in 2016, the first frosts occurred in April and that freezing temperatures were even reached, last winter, the winter was milder and in 2018, the cold happened later, but he felt strong

. epidemiological 22 and 23 of 2017 there was the peak of diseases, we are currently studying week 28 and there is a month late at last week, besides, we are in the winter holidays and we estimate that during these weeks, there are fewer cases Oscar Sagás

Undersecretary for Health, said: "Although the cold season has not yet reached the number of visits last year, the long hours of waiting have not changed.

"The Notti hospital receives at least 450 consultations a day, of which 30 to 40% are respiratory diseases, for example the long weekend of 1400 children, including 78 hospitalized and 15 only respiratory images", said the official.

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The Health Portfolio has implemented a code system that badesses the level of urgency of each patient. Red represents cases of extreme complexity and blue represents the minimum danger. Every child who arrives at a public investigator in the province is badessed and clbadified. Based on that, it is the expectation that it will have.

Many people in Mendoza complained because it was between 6 and 8 am to be seen. However, Under Secretary of Health Oscar Sagás said that they should use health rooms equipped with all the resources and medicines needed to treat cases that are not urgent.

"There are people who come for a cold. Only the most complex cases must enter. Of the patients who arrive daily, only between 5 and 7% have red or yellow diseases, "said hospital director Raúl Rufeil