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Isolated in Intensive Care Unit of the Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic, University General Hospital of Ioannina two hospitalized patients infected with the H1N1 virus. Two elderly patients had surgery in Cardiac Surgery Clinic.
The confirmation of flu mobilized leaders of the clinic and University Hospital have decided to postpone all scheduled surgeries at least until Monday.
According to this decision will be made only extraordinary circumstances, if endangering patients' lives. Of course, according to reports, it is possible to continue the postponement of surgery and next week, which will be decided in cooperation with the competent Commission Infections.
On the side of Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic stressed that the postponement of the surgery was for precautionary reasons. The increase in the number of victims of the flu since early 2011 has caused concern to the authorities step up efforts to vaccinate the population.
According to statistics only 5.9% of the population has yet to get a flu vaccine in previous years when vaccinated every year, 10.5% of the population in 2010, the pandemic vaccine, 7.5%.
At the recent meeting of the Ministry of Health, scientists KEELPNO and the National School of Public Health emphasized again that the flu vaccine is safe. As stressed, now that the flu is on the rise, and is expected to peak next time, people can be vaccinated.
http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/53993
The confirmation of flu mobilized leaders of the clinic and University Hospital have decided to postpone all scheduled surgeries at least until Monday.
According to this decision will be made only extraordinary circumstances, if endangering patients' lives. Of course, according to reports, it is possible to continue the postponement of surgery and next week, which will be decided in cooperation with the competent Commission Infections.
On the side of Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic stressed that the postponement of the surgery was for precautionary reasons. The increase in the number of victims of the flu since early 2011 has caused concern to the authorities step up efforts to vaccinate the population.
According to statistics only 5.9% of the population has yet to get a flu vaccine in previous years when vaccinated every year, 10.5% of the population in 2010, the pandemic vaccine, 7.5%.
At the recent meeting of the Ministry of Health, scientists KEELPNO and the National School of Public Health emphasized again that the flu vaccine is safe. As stressed, now that the flu is on the rise, and is expected to peak next time, people can be vaccinated.
http://www.thebest.gr/news/index/viewStory/53993