During the Unified Command Post (PMU) number 119, John Delgado, director of Service Provision and Primary Care of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, delivered a balance of the current occupancy of ICU beds in the country.
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“Today, covid cases do not predominate in these rooms. At the previous peak, the pressure of covid-19 in the ICU had a maximum peak and non-covid patients were lower, however today we have an investment of that proportion “He said.
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The director stated that the data collected as of February 10, 2022, allows us to see that the impact of the covid-19 in the ICUs it is the opposite of what was experienced in June and July of last year.
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To date, Cauca, Meta and Risaralda are some of the departments with the highest ICU occupation in the territory, however, the behavior in the last days has been improving.
“The territories have improved the audit and the bed turn of UCI patients. Likewise, home and hospital management has been optimized, which has helped to cushion the pressures. What we want to show is that the behavior is symmetrical in the departments and will never reach the peaks we had in June and July 2021”he indicated.
According to the official, these reports on the availability of beds in the emergency room are essential today, since the pressure on the entrance door of the variant omicron it is very strong and it is important not only to see the occupation of the ICU, but of hospitalization and emergencies.
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Finally, he reminded the territorial entities that when they are above 75% occupancy of the ICU they must begin to activate contingency plans for bed expansion. “For the time being, strengthening hospitalization and emergency entrance doors allow ample room for manoeuvre”he concluded.
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