“It is very important that we stop the pandemic,” said Deputy Health Minister Mina Gaga, after a meeting at the Hippocratic Hospital in Thessaloniki, who was called upon to comment on the obligation to vaccinate people over the age of 60, which was announced earlier by the Prime Minister. Mitsotakis.
“It’s very important. You see what is happening in this Hospital. We really have a lot of cases. The pressure on the system is frightening, the risk to each of these patients and staff is appalling. “So it’s very important that we stop the pandemic,” Gaga said, adding that it was also very important for pregnant women to be vaccinated, as they and their babies were at risk.
It should be noted that earlier the director of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic of Ippokratio, Professor Apostolos Athanasiadis, had stated that since last March there is a recommendation of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Society for vaccination of pregnant women and that within three weeks they will announce dose of the vaccine to pregnant women.
In the morning, Ms. Gaga had a meeting at Papanikolaou Hospital, where she visited the AD ICU, while in statements she made to the journalists, she noted that more than 3,000 patients with Covid have been treated in this hospital. At the same time, he stated that the hospital has 30 ICU-Covid beds and an additional 12 non-Covid ICU beds, as well as MATH. He also stressed that the Hospital has the only Pulmonary Clinic in Thessaloniki and that it serves other cases besides Covid.
“It’s a big hospital that has absorbed a lot of cases. Of course, the pressure he is receiving at this time, as everywhere, is great “, added Ms. Gaga, emphasizing that the staff of the Hospital is making a very good effort with good results for all patients.
To a question related to the reinforcement of Papanikolaou Hospital in staff, he answered that the platforms for nursing and other staff are opening and positions for ICU staff are being announced. Asked if the cooperation with the private sector will be expanded, she answered that there is already cooperation for the treatment of Covid cases and for the treatment of other cases and that there are ongoing discussions about whether something more will be needed.
Ms. Gaga also visited Papageorgiou Hospital where, according to information, she will have a meeting on the issue of managing Covid cases that require ICU treatment.
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