Coronavirus morgue, visible to patients in Dominican Republic hospital

A huge fridge located next to one of the entrances to Luis Eduardo Aybar Hospital in Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) made mortuary for the deceased by coronavirus, in the sight of patients arriving at the hospital and relatives awaiting news of the sick.

Amid the rebound in infections and deaths, the agency EFE was able to verify last Thursday how, in the space of two hours, center staff took out five coffins from the refrigerator, which is located between the access to the emergency triage area and the entrance to the covid-19 area of ​​this facility, to be loaded into a hearse.

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The location of the industrial-type refrigerator where the bodies rest allows for relatives of patients admitted to Aybar see transfer of corpses pending news of the condition of relatives admitted there. When they go to take a body, some go out to try to kill time by sailing.

At 11:00 a.m. each day, a covid-19 zone doctor comes out to report on the condition of those receiving medical care, including deaths.

About 80 people were waiting this Thursday to know the status of their loved ones, as confirmed EFE, see how a girl got bad news and I started to scream inconsolably after talking to the doctor on duty.

The Hospitals in the capital are on the brink of collapse due to the rebound in coronavirus cases which nationally is keeping 51% of beds occupied for treatment of the disease.

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Intensive care units (ICUs) are at 74% of their capacity, with 456 beds occupied, while ventilators in service stand at 317.64% of those available, according to the latest Public Health epidemiological bulletin.

The institution reported on Thursday nine deaths due to covid-19 and 1,141 new infections, for a total of 305,589 people infected and 3,695 deaths in the country since March 2020.

Advances in vaccination in the Dominican Republic

Vaccination against covid-19 for minors between 12 and 17 years old began this Saturday in the Dominican Republic with a large influx of vaccination centers set up for adolescents.

At the Santo Domingo vaccination posts, long lines of adolescents, who have gone to be vaccinated accompanied by their parents or guardians. The miners will receive the vaccine from the American laboratory Pfizer, after the country has received the first shipment from this pharmaceutical company, a batch of 228,150 doses.

Pfizer vaccines will be applied this weekend to all adults and those over 12, both in the capital and in the city of Santiago, in the north of the country.

Dominican Republic purchased 9.99 million doses of Pfizer vaccine, which should continue to arrive every week. With these numbers, it is the third country in Latin America with the highest vaccination rate, behind Chile and Uruguay.

With information from EFE