La Nación They warn that if infections remain high, we would have a worse outlook than in May

Dr. Leticia Pintos, director of Therapies and Health Networks, spoke about the current situation regarding beds in the intensive care unit (UTI) and said that it is not feasible to set up more beds, since there is no It has trained personnel. She stated that there are about 200 people waiting for a therapy bed in the corridors and that these people are given support with oxygen cylinders, reservoir masks and the evolution is being observed.

“The stay of these people is very dynamic. There are people who are breathing a little better with just a little bit of oxygen and, however, others who are getting more complicated, those are the ones who enter. There is a movement of 40 to 50 people a day leaving and entering intensive care. The numbers are maintained because patients are arriving ”, he expressed in contact with 680 AM.

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He explained that there is a limit to therapy. “We have a limit for intensive therapy and I think we are already at the limit. The staff that could be hired is already hired. Although there are people who are being trained to work with the intensivists, we have to optimize because a quality service must also be offered”, he added.

He assured that it is not about adding more beds. “Our mortality number will not change if it is not done well. You have to do the job of intensive therapy well to be able to maintain these patients. We are in a complicated situation, that is the reality. We have to take care of ourselves. Use face masks continuously so that we can get out of all this," he emphasized.

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Projections for June

At another time, he indicated that if the relaxation in sanitary measures continues and the numbers of infections continue, the situation could worsen in June. During May, 76,307 new cases and 2,801 deaths were recorded, record figures that placed the country at the top of the list of the worst mortality averages per million inhabitants in the last seven days.

“We have to take into account that our numbers of infections are high every day and if we take a percentage of that, among patients who have to be hospitalized and among them again those who need intensive care, probably if we continue like this, We are going to have a worse outlook than in May. Hopefully there will be an instant change in behavior so that we can try to improve, but the reality is that we are very complicated, ”she highlighted.