Doctors say that a percentage of those infected corresponds to people who have not been fully immunized.
Machala
A considerable increase in patients with COVID-19 has been registered since the previous week in the General hospitals of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute (IESS) and Teófilo Dávila from the city of Machala.
Doctors say that those infected correspond to people who have not received any dose of the vaccines or who have been immunized but have the particularity of having comorbidities.
“We have 15 patients admitted to this hospital. From the week before, when we had 8 intermediate care beds, we had to expand to 32; while in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) three patients are hospitalized, where the capacity is five beds ”, explained Dr. Richard Chiriboga, medical director of the IESS of Machala.
The doctor added that every day, on average, one to two people with complications are admitted. “In the hospital we have a contingency plan to solve any situation that arises with a greater number of admissions,” he added.
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Given the growing demand for patients infected with the virus, the directors of this health home considered expanding the capacity of beds for hospitalization and intensive care intended for the care of patients with COVID-19.
According to the medical report of the IESS hospital, last November outpatient care in the Respiratory Symptomatic Emergency increased by 42% compared to the previous October. From 672 patients treated, it rose to 958 between the two months.
In addition, there was a 134% increase in positive results in diagnostic tests for SARS–CoV-2, with 32 patients testing positive for this virus in October and 75 positive cases in November.
In August of this year, the administrators of this health home decided to close the area for the care of patients with COVID-19, but this week they reopened to increase the capacity of beds for those affected by the virus.
Also, from Monday, December 6, medical appointments will no longer be given in person at that hospital. Requests for appointments in services that respond to the first level of care, such as general medicine, pediatrics, gynecology, dentistry and psychology, They will be channeled only through the IESS call center: 140 and via the web.
At Teófilo Dávila hospital in Machala, of the ten beds destined to the intermediate area of patients with COVID-19, nine are occupied; and of the four beds set up in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), all are occupied.
In this nursing home there are thirteen people hospitalized and eleven of them do not have any dose of vaccine.
Given the presence of variants, Chiriboga asked citizens to come to complete their vaccination schedule. (I)
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