“We have 1277 intensive care beds out of 557 we had in 2019. In many cases there are waiting times in hospitals that have ICUs until it is decided whether the patient is allowed to be transferred to other available ICUs. “Unfortunately, this is not allowed and they are intubated either in Intensive Care Units where the infrastructure exists, or in surgical beds, until it is decided whether it is allowed to go to a hospital where there is an ICU available, or to empty one in the same,” said government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou. in an interview with “Alpha” TV station.
He clarified that in emergencies no one is intubated, he is in the MAF and in the surgical beds. “There is no person who has to be intubated and not intubated in a bed that meets the conditions if ICU is not available,” he said, adding that “there is a battle every day in the NSS hospitals.”
“A huge effort is being made to utilize the available bed, we have done things in this direction, we have at our disposal all the ICUs and the private sector for non covid cases, we are constantly adding beds to hospitals for treatment, covid treatment and others hospitalizations, “he said.
The government spokesman also announced that on Monday, if the needs recorded in the NSS by doctors in the private sector have not been met over the weekend, they will proceed with the order of private doctors. “There is a need for pulmonologists, for physicians, for general practitioners. “We will do whatever it takes to strengthen the NSS without calculating any costs, because that is where the big battle is taking place and our effort has as a priority to reduce human losses as much as possible,” he stressed.
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