Health will invest $ 20 million in equipment to deal with the crisis

The House of Deputies of La Pampa yesterday unanimously approved the 90-day declaration of a health emergency, as requested by the provincial government, in the face of an epidemic of bronchiolitis that worries the authorities .
the creation of a crisis committee and a budget line for the incorporation of respirators, materials and equipment for the prevention of a possible increase in referrals in public health.
"The amount of bronchiolitis is worrying, with unusual hospitalization this time of year for a strain that has mutated by a respiratory virus that produces bronchiolitis in children under two years of age," said MP Claudia Godoy (PJ) before the session.
He added that the problem is installed nationwide and the Garrahan and Italian hospitals "have collapsed", so, he said, "the Ministry of Health of La Pampa is preparing all preventively, at cases where other hospitalizations would be necessary "
The budget item, which will be decided by the crisis committee set up by the law, is aimed at the urgent acquisition, this week, of ten respirators and multi- electronic packs that serve to control respirators and the clinical condition of patients
The Chairman of the Public Health Commission said that the only health center ready and "ready" to "contain" the crisis situation is the hospital Lucio Molas, where also arrive patients from the private sector.
"We need to preemptively strengthen the public hospital, in case there are more cases," said Godoy, who said the crisis committee will be composed of the chief of pediatrics, chief of sector, Services, Ministry Staff Health and Nursing
Despite this, the Deputy Minister stated that this was not a larger number of cases, but there is concern about the existence of "Greater virulence" in the strain of the virus.
"In previous years, there were four hospitalizations per month and today we have 11. But this has nothing to do with an epidemic or an epidemic, but this tension, even though she is treated, acts more aggressively. "19459008" Five days are those who must be hospitalized, so preventively, the Committee is created and more respirators are needed.You can not lose a life not to have an extra respirator They are talking about an intensive bellows therapy, which is a backup of instruments and equipment in doubt, "he continued.
– Will this equipment be distributed in more complex hospitals or in all health centers? -No, mainly, the Molas will be put together. General Pico has very complex respiratory systems, where patients are held for several hours and then transferred to Santa Rosa. Even the project speaks of the works also as extensions of the oxygen networks

"We will follow"
During the yesterday session of the provincial legislature, the opposition also approved the draft of the ruling party that declares the health emergency in the province. From the radicalism they claimed that a "considerable increase" of the bronchiolitis virus was recorded and that "respiratory syncytial virus is one of the leading causes of hospitalization of infants at risk and mortality infant; It is the virus that causes the most respiratory infections in children under two years old. "By the macrismo, they emphasized that" we will make a continuation of the realized investment ".
The Ministry of Health, as declared the PC, has the intention of make an investment in the Lucio Molas hospital equipment that allows "to reach 15 pediatric therapy hospitalizations, which we hope we do not need." They also specified that every diversion outside the province costs 54,000 pesos a day.

"Staff works 16 hours a day"
Under-Secretary of Health Gustavo Vera publicly thanked Yesterday the effort made by pediatric hospital staff Lucio Molas Santarroseño to support the peak of acute cases of bronchiolitis in our province.The official revealed that professionals in this region work 16 hours a day
Vera made statements of years of the show The Party and Everything, which will be broadcast tonight at 22 hours, on channel 2 of CPEtv, Cooperative Cable TV system.
"The number of serious cases is threefold," said the manager. In previous years, the Molas received between four and five pediatric patients who required hospitalization in therapy, with mechanical ventilation, a figure that reached this year eleven.
"They admitted children with severe symptoms, who have difficulty breathing, this blue turn Bronchiolitis causes inflammation of the bronchi and blocks them," says the official.
-What is happening in the other provinces?
-It has been similar in other provinces, but right now La Pampa is at the top and we believe it will continue for another week. I want to thank all the staff at Molas, especially pediatric therapy. They work 16 hours

Referrals.
Vera also made statements in the Government House press release, in this case, to point out that public health has never cut back on referrals. "The province is investing heavily in the professionals, the equipment, the drugs, and the idea has always been that the hospital is returned because of lack of complexity or because something is missing, because that is going to to a more complex place. In this case, the person making the referral is not the Ministry of Health but the health professional, "he explains.
" There are cases where the patient goes alone to Buenos Aires or does not want to be treated we gave all the guarantees, "he added.
" We are putting more and more professionals to make the reference less, not to reduce expenses. When it is derived in Buenos Aires, the patient can also follow the treatment here. "
Vera spoke about the case of a patient with a significant pathology, for which a campaign was launched to collect the funds that cover the patient's expenses.operating and corresponding treatments.
" We have Contacted the patient and the family, we had already been there for further consultations. The province's health system guarantees the coverage of this patient and all that needs to be done in Buenos Aires. The health professionals here have already been contacted with those in Buenos Aires and they are trying to find out what they are going to do. In Santa Rosa, he was followed by a group of doctors, who contacted specialists in Buenos Aires to see what measures to take, "he concluded.