The São Paulo Hospitals Union is against crowding on New Year's Eve

The Union of Hospitals, Clinics and Laboratories of the State of São Paulo (SindHosp) is today (2) against gatherings at New Year's Eve parties, a topic that has been debated by city halls since the emergence of the micron variant of the new coronavirus. The doctor and president of the union, Francisco Balestrin, defended that the arrival of the new year be celebrated only in the family.

With the concern due to Ômicron, SindHosp's guidance to health units is to redouble their attention in consultations with patients suspected [of the disease], especially among those who have been abroad. The information must be communicated to the health authorities.

Demobilization

According to the union, the apparatus in private hospitals for the care of patients with covid-19 was demobilized, as only 14.71% of clinical beds were occupied in November. Occupation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) had a rate of 20.5%.

A set of 20 surveys carried out by SindHosp during the pandemic pointed out the main problems faced in combating the new coronavirus, such as the lack of doctors (78% of hospitals indicated this issue in the March and April 2021 surveys); abusive price increases for personal protective equipment (61% of institutions filed a complaint in February 2021) and difficulty in replenishing stocks of materials and medicines (complained by 58% of hospitals). In virtually all surveys, 81% of entities highlighted the lack of health professionals.

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