At the IESS Quito Sur hospital, the expansion of hospitalization beds will continue while other non-COVID pathologies have ceased to be treated.
The Enrique Garces hospitals, in the south of Quito, and Calderon teacher, in the extreme north, which are part of the network of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), are activated for COVID-19 cases, once the care capacity at the Pablo Arturo Suárez hospital, which provides priority care for coronaviruses, exceeded 90%.
This after the implementation of a contingency plan.
According to information from the zonal coordination 9, which corresponds to the Metropolitan District of Quito, of the Ministry of Public Health (MSP), on the installed capacity, in the Enrique Garcés hospital there are 3 beds to attend Intensive Care Unit (UCI) and none for hospitalization, while in the Calderon teacher, there are 9 for the ICU, of which there is an occupancy of 67%, and 11 for hospitalization.
At Hospital Pablo Arturo Suarez, the capacity is up to 70 beds for hospitalization and 32 for ICU. In both specialties, 90% was exceeded, but in hospitalization they can still extend more beds, but in the ICU it is their limit.
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At IESS Quito South hospital, Since the last week of December, there are more patient flow with respiratory symptoms seeking medical attention; On average, 750 people go every day.
John Sanchez, technical-medical director from the IESS Quito Sur hospital, explained that there is a 90% occupancy of 150 beds enabled for hospitalization of adults and will be enabled 34 beds in the coming days, while in ICU there are 18 positions with a 100% occupancy with two to three patients waiting for no more than 24 hours.
Between March and April 2021, there were up to 110 patients waiting for an ICU and up to 7 days to access a bed in that specialty.
He added that to expand intensive care support is required from other entities, both medical and nursing staff, equipment such as mechanical ventilators, monitors.
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For Sánchez, you are seeing the consequence of the infections generated at New Year’s Eve parties. “If there is adequate social control, if the population takes care of itself and protects itself, among themselves, we expect to start seeing a decrease in the space of about three to four weeks,” he said.
Hospital conversion has already forced close areas for attention to other general pathologies. The capacity of the IESS Quito Sur hospital is 345 hospital beds.
It is not ruled out to reopen the field hospital tents that were installed on the outside of that health house, last year.
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