Nikos Kapravelos, the director of the ICU of the “Papanikolaou” hospital, insists on the hard line for stopping the pandemic of the coronavirus. for the unvaccinated.
Describing the situation prevailing in the hospitals of Thessaloniki, he speaks of “war vigils” with too many admissions and intubations outside the ICU. “Every day we have war scenes in the hospitals in Thessaloniki. The situation in the community escaped us again. All hospitals are currently trying to treat patients outside the ICU. He opened “Gennimatas”, gave other Intensive Care beds so that we could absorb the patients who are outside the ICU to protect their lives, doctors came from the private sector and we were strengthened and that was something that relieved us. “The vigils are war vigils, with too many introductions”, he states characteristically.
He added that the state lost the bet, describing the measures taken as “hesitant” and stressing that urgent interventions are needed to be able to celebrate Christmas. “Thessaloniki wants immediate measures. The strategy chosen imposes measures on the outbreak of the pandemic, such as closing schools for 10 days, stadiums without spectators, masks everywhere, lockdown everywhere for the unvaccinated. It is not possible for 70 patients to come in a desperate situation, for us to rub our hands and for the state to count the hearses. “Immediate action must be taken and all political leaders must assume their responsibilities.”
As for the new Omicron mutation, he emphasizes that it is the result of the criminal negligence of rich countries towards the poor, leaving them without vaccines, and points out that Africa has a vaccination rate of 6%.
“The most correct strategy is universal and compulsory vaccination. When Israel announced the need for a third tranche in July, it had 8,000 cases. He applied the third dose and now counts 400 cases a day. We were late to put the third dose in our quiver. We made another mistake. We deified the vaccinated. 20% in single beds are vaccinated. And vaccinated people become infected. So, the third dose had to be accelerated. “In my hospital, out of the 70 admissions, 25 were fully vaccinated,” he concludes.
On the other hand, the president of the Athens-Piraeus hospital doctors, Matina Pagoni, appears milder, noting that people are tired of the measures and the only way to move forward is only vaccinations.
However, he is in favor of rapid tests for the entry of the unvaccinated in the supermarkets so that they know that they are not asymptomatic and do not transmit. In fact, he emphasizes that the virus does not only affect the elderly, but everyone.
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