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Coronavirus: hospital occupancy exceeds 80 per cent, revised plan being implemented

ΙΑΤΡΙΚΟ ΚΑΙ ΝΟΣΗΛΕΥΤΙΚΟ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΙΚΟ ΣΤΟΝ ΑΓΩΝΑ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΚΟΡΩΝΟΪΟΥ
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Some 208 coronavirus patients are currently in public hospitals, while another 800 are treated in state hospitals for other illnesses, with the result that more than 80 per cent of the beds are occupied, spokesman of state health services organisation Okypy Charalambos Charilaou said on Tuesday.

“It is for this reason that the revised plan of the state health services organisation for the development of beds has been implemented at the Larnaca and Paphos general hospitals  with regard to Covid-19,” he commented.

At the Larnaca hospital 14 patients are currently being treated, while preparations to receive patients are underway at the Paphos hospital, Charilaou explained.

A dialogue with the Pancyprian association of private hospitals for the referral of patients to the private sector has started, and some of the 24 cases in the ICU at the Nicosia state hospital have already been transferred to the private sector.

“We are in very close contact, so that everything is done in the right way, and so that patients with the coronavirus and all others can be treated at the same time, so that none of our fellow human beings is left without medical help.”

Director of the pulmonary clinic of Larnaca hospital Ioannis Demetriades also commented on the situation, saying “due to the epidemiological burden which has recently emerged in the health system, the relevant plan for the inclusion of a ward of the Larnaca hospital for the treatment of coronavirus patients was activated.”

“In this ward there are 28 beds, 14 of which accommodate patients with coronavirus. However, in case of a further deterioration of the situation, a second ward of the hospital with a capacity of 30 beds is expected to be activated.”

Most of the patients are referrals from other hospitals, namely Nicosia, Limassol and Famagusta and all are recovering, he added.

“If the situation deteriorates further, the general hospital of Paphos will be put at the forefront at the battle,” Demetriades said.

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