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Hospitals San Salvador, saturated pneumonia
"Several schools have no beds and free space in order to enable more children to enter, the situation is similar to that of 2007
Dozens of children are admitted to the Pediatric Service Zacamil Hospital with pneumonia. Yesterday in this chamber that there were 33 infants with respiratory ill. PHOTO EDH / rene rodriguez
Yamileth Caceres
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Pediatric wards of six hospitals in San Salvador are great to the limit after that revenues from pneumonia have tripled in the last two weeks.
Juan Garc?a Santos, director of the Metropolitan Health Region, said yesterday that "the occupation of the pediatric beds is one hundred percent."
Before June 23, hospital admissions for this cause, on average, were 12 per day. From June 23 to July 1 rose to 18 and infants 36 weeks after entering the day. The label no beds Zacamil includes major hospitals, Saldana, San Bartolo and Soyapango.
"The occupation of children is four to one hundred percent. We have areas that can not normally be admitted patients with pneumonia," said Garcia.
Some centers, like San Bartolo Zacamil suspended and some elective surgeries until the situation normalizes.
The director of the metropolitan area said that according to the broker endemic, which makes the risk of the disease at this time and walked out of the safe area and are close to the epidemic.
The area of pediatrics Zacamil Hospital has 41 cots, of which 33 were occupied yesterday with children with this disease. Eight more were hospitalized in the Surgery Women.
In the event that this will continue under that another hike will be enabled. Medical centers also have spaces for children with acute gastroenteritis and dengue.
Hospital Salda?a is a faithful sample of the increase in such diseases. The 21 pediatric beds were not sufficient to accommodate children with respiratory ailments. The authorities had to put 22 extra cots. Edwin Montoya, director of the institution, said yesterday that there were 49 patients younger than nine years in hospital, 27 of them for serious respiratory infections.
"The capacity is 21 beds, but we have the advantage that the service has space for 71," said Montoya.
In San Rafael, a brand new hospital with greater capacity, half of cribs for infants was also occupied by patients with pneumonia. Margarita de Fuente, director of the center, indicated that there were 34 entrants, 22 from pneumonia.
"We're already at the top. Last week almost all the centers were occupied, if the situation continues and we have to see how we extend the area," said Font.
Bloom Hospital, the only pediatric heart specialist, does not escape from this situation. On Tuesday morning with 40 children with pneumonia. The usual room infectology did not slaughter children and moved to other services.
According to statistics, the trend of revenue and queries on this evil is similar to the respiratory system occurred in 2007.
That year, the country's major hospitals are filled with children with infections. On July 11, the Ministry of Health declared yellow alert in six hospitals and preventive in the country.
At week 26, which ended last Saturday, consultations for pneumonia rose to 1.614, an amount similar to that of two years ago when the alert was triggered by this infection.
July Armero, director of Health Watch, said that nationally, the revenues have been rising higher than the previous year, but not significant.
What is it predicts that this month is the highest elevation of the disease are thus strengthening the primary care level.
In the last week also increased consultations for respiratory diseases, increased from 68.187 to 75.374.
For now, with mobile units of the Solidarity Fund for Health (Fosalud) strengthen care units Unicentro, Barrios, Apopa, Santa Tecla Hospital and Bloom.
Care began to rise after the World Health Organization warning given by the influenza A H1N1. Until yesterday, Health recorded 360 confirmed cases, more days than in the previous report issued by the authorities.
As the days pass, the disease has been gaining ground, the virus jumped the fence and epidemiological spread to 28 municipalities in seven departments. Infections have also been presented at various schools, penal and foster children.
Dealer said it was investigating an outbreak in the prison of La Union, the Center for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Quezaltepeque and another, the second in two weeks, at the National Academy of Public Security.
At Home Guarato Vito confirmed the presence of the virus in 83 children but only two per lab test and, therefore, confirmed the report of Health. This is to confirm that actual cases of patients who are well over the record that the health authorities issued. Same happened in Mariona prison where there were dozens of cases of H1N1 patients.
"It is a disease in the country and is going to be like a seasonal flu for a few more weeks," he said.
Google translation:
Hospitals San Salvador, saturated pneumonia
"Several schools have no beds and free space in order to enable more children to enter, the situation is similar to that of 2007
Dozens of children are admitted to the Pediatric Service Zacamil Hospital with pneumonia. Yesterday in this chamber that there were 33 infants with respiratory ill. PHOTO EDH / rene rodriguez
Yamileth Caceres
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Pediatric wards of six hospitals in San Salvador are great to the limit after that revenues from pneumonia have tripled in the last two weeks.
Juan Garc?a Santos, director of the Metropolitan Health Region, said yesterday that "the occupation of the pediatric beds is one hundred percent."
Before June 23, hospital admissions for this cause, on average, were 12 per day. From June 23 to July 1 rose to 18 and infants 36 weeks after entering the day. The label no beds Zacamil includes major hospitals, Saldana, San Bartolo and Soyapango.
"The occupation of children is four to one hundred percent. We have areas that can not normally be admitted patients with pneumonia," said Garcia.
Some centers, like San Bartolo Zacamil suspended and some elective surgeries until the situation normalizes.
The director of the metropolitan area said that according to the broker endemic, which makes the risk of the disease at this time and walked out of the safe area and are close to the epidemic.
The area of pediatrics Zacamil Hospital has 41 cots, of which 33 were occupied yesterday with children with this disease. Eight more were hospitalized in the Surgery Women.
In the event that this will continue under that another hike will be enabled. Medical centers also have spaces for children with acute gastroenteritis and dengue.
Hospital Salda?a is a faithful sample of the increase in such diseases. The 21 pediatric beds were not sufficient to accommodate children with respiratory ailments. The authorities had to put 22 extra cots. Edwin Montoya, director of the institution, said yesterday that there were 49 patients younger than nine years in hospital, 27 of them for serious respiratory infections.
"The capacity is 21 beds, but we have the advantage that the service has space for 71," said Montoya.
In San Rafael, a brand new hospital with greater capacity, half of cribs for infants was also occupied by patients with pneumonia. Margarita de Fuente, director of the center, indicated that there were 34 entrants, 22 from pneumonia.
"We're already at the top. Last week almost all the centers were occupied, if the situation continues and we have to see how we extend the area," said Font.
Bloom Hospital, the only pediatric heart specialist, does not escape from this situation. On Tuesday morning with 40 children with pneumonia. The usual room infectology did not slaughter children and moved to other services.
According to statistics, the trend of revenue and queries on this evil is similar to the respiratory system occurred in 2007.
That year, the country's major hospitals are filled with children with infections. On July 11, the Ministry of Health declared yellow alert in six hospitals and preventive in the country.
At week 26, which ended last Saturday, consultations for pneumonia rose to 1.614, an amount similar to that of two years ago when the alert was triggered by this infection.
July Armero, director of Health Watch, said that nationally, the revenues have been rising higher than the previous year, but not significant.
What is it predicts that this month is the highest elevation of the disease are thus strengthening the primary care level.
In the last week also increased consultations for respiratory diseases, increased from 68.187 to 75.374.
For now, with mobile units of the Solidarity Fund for Health (Fosalud) strengthen care units Unicentro, Barrios, Apopa, Santa Tecla Hospital and Bloom.
Care began to rise after the World Health Organization warning given by the influenza A H1N1. Until yesterday, Health recorded 360 confirmed cases, more days than in the previous report issued by the authorities.
As the days pass, the disease has been gaining ground, the virus jumped the fence and epidemiological spread to 28 municipalities in seven departments. Infections have also been presented at various schools, penal and foster children.
Dealer said it was investigating an outbreak in the prison of La Union, the Center for Rehabilitation of Juvenile Quezaltepeque and another, the second in two weeks, at the National Academy of Public Security.
At Home Guarato Vito confirmed the presence of the virus in 83 children but only two per lab test and, therefore, confirmed the report of Health. This is to confirm that actual cases of patients who are well over the record that the health authorities issued. Same happened in Mariona prison where there were dozens of cases of H1N1 patients.
"It is a disease in the country and is going to be like a seasonal flu for a few more weeks," he said.