Ukraine: 156,272 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

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Ukraine: 151,700 have been hospitalized

Currently 3,730 patients are in intensive care units and 114 in respirators

Since the beginning of a flu epidemic in Ukraine were hospitalized more than 150 thousand people

December 15, 2009, 12:40 Google translator http://medportal.ru/mednovosti/news/2009/12/15/fluukr/

С момента начала эпидемии гриппа и ОРВИ на Украине было госпитализировано 151,7 тысячи жителей страны.
Since the beginning of the epidemic of influenza and SARS in the Ukraine were hospitalized 151,7 thousand inhabitants.

Такие данные приводятся в сообщении пресс-службы Министерства охраны здоровья Украины.
Such data are provided in the message press service of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.

В настоящее время в реанимационных отделениях украинских больниц находятся в общей сложности 3,73 тысячи пациентов, к аппаратам искусственной вентиляции легких подключены 114 человек.
Currently in intensive care units Ukrainian hospitals are a total of 3,73 thousand patients on artificial ventilation connected to 114 people.

Общее число случаев заболеваний гриппом и ОРВИ, зарегистрированных на Украине с конца октября текущего года, превысило 2,5 миллиона.
The total number of cases of influenza and SARS, registered in Ukraine since the end of October this year, has exceeded 2.5 million.

От осложнений гриппа и ОРВИ за этот период скончался 501 пациент.
From complications of influenza and SARS during this period 501 patients died.

За последние сутки за медицинской помощью обратились свыше 83 тысяч человек.
Over the last day for medical attention over 83 thousand people.

В связи с тяжелой эпидемиологической ситуацией украинские власти неоднократно обращались с просьбами о помощи к Всемирной организации здравоохранения, США, Европейскому союзу, а также к России.
In connection with the heavy epidemiology Ukrainian authorities have made repeated requests for assistance from the World Health Organization, the United States, European Union, as well as to Russia.

Всемирная организация здравоохранения заявила о готовности направить на Украину 5 миллионов доз вакцин против гриппа H1N1.
World Health Organization has declared its willingness to send to Ukraine 5 million doses of vaccine against influenza H1N1.

Лекарства и средства профилактики респираторных вирусных инфекций направили на Украину Россия, США, страны ЕС и Китай.
Drugs and prevention of respiratory viral infections was sent to Ukraine, Russia, U.S., EU and China.

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Re: Ukraine: 151,700 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

Cumulative number of cases admitted in hospitals

Comparing Ukraine with some other countries

Ireland (as of 10 Dec) 1,003 hospitalizations - 22.5 per 100,000 pop
Norway (as of 09 Dec) 1,283 hospitalizations - 26.7 per 100,000 pop
Sweden (as of 10 Dec) 1,092 hospitalizations - 11.8 per 100,000 pop
Netherlands (as of 11 Dec) 2,068 hospitalizations - 12.5 per 100,000 pop

Ukraine (as of 15 Dec) 151,660 hospitalizations - 330.0 per 100,000 pop

Ukraine's data reflecting numbers for all influenza-like illnessses and pneumonia

[Shiloh]

Re: Ukraine: 151,700 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

This article indicates a higher number of hospitalizations:

Source: http://www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/55222/

Health Ministry: Flu, pneumonia kill 507 people in Ukraine
Today at 11:50 | Interfax-Ukraine

A total of 507 people have died of flu and flu-like illnesses in Ukraine as of late on Dec. 15, the Ukrainian Health Ministry has reported.

Six people have died of flu and its complications (pneumonia) in the past 24 hours, the ministry said.

Since the outbreak of the epidemic, over 2.69 million people have contracted flu and respiratory infections, including 83,137 people over the past 24 hours.

A total of 156,272 people have been hospitalized since the start of the epidemic (October 29). Of those hospitalized, 123,769 people have been discharged from hospital.

The epidemic threshold has already been exceeded in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhia, Kirovohrad, Luhansk, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sumy and Cherkasy regions, as well as in Crimea and in the city of Sevastopol.

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Re: Ukraine: 156,272 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

Ukraine: 151,700 have been hospitalized

Currently 3,730 patients are in intensive care units and 114 in respirators

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This is not what the last MOH release said. The journalist is mis-aligning his columns. The 3,730 was the hospitalization count for the one day, and the 114 was the total number in ICU. Only 11 were on respirators.

This was using the December 14th MOH release.

I'm actually not sure Ukraine has the ICU capacity to put 3,730 patients in the ICU - the higest that count got during the outbreak so far was about 400. Ditto for 114 respirators - the highest that count got was about 50.

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Re: Ukraine: 156,272 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

This is not what the last MOH release said. The journalist is mis-aligning his columns. The 3,730 was the hospitalization count for the one day, and the 114 was the total number in ICU. Only 11 were on respirators.

This was using the December 14th MOH release.

I'm actually not sure Ukraine has the ICU capacity to put 3,730 patients in the ICU - the higest that count got during the outbreak so far was about 400. Ditto for 114 respirators - the highest that count got was about 50.

Yes, alert, I agree completely with you. It seems the journalist got confused over MoH's report

Thanks for spotting the errors and keeping detailed track on the situation in Ukraine

I started to wonder: is the 151,000+ hospitalizations mentioned the total number hospitalized in Ukraine for ALL ILLNESSES and DISEASES ?

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Re: Ukraine: 156,272 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

Yes, alert, I agree completely with you. It seems the journalist got confused over MoH's report

Thanks for spotting the errors and keeping detailed track on the situation in Ukraine

I started to wonder: is the 151,000+ hospitalizations mentioned the total number hospitalized in Ukraine for ALL ILLNESSES and DISEASES ?

Almost. Anything flu-like or respiratory. So they probably are not counting heart attacks, say, but anything acute or febrile counts.

That number may also be just an estimate - I'm not sure it's an exact count. I don't think any country can, or is even trying to count cases, that accurately. And judging by the fact that far less than 1% are in ICU, they seem to be hospitalizing milder cases as a precaution or a method of isolation. Either that or their hospitalization estimate is just too high.

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Re: Ukraine: 156,272 hospitalizations since the beginning of epidemic of influenza

Exact counting could be done if the have a centralized computing system, i. e. : every patient hospitalized register directly with MoH -
or its also thinkable that they might have developed good administrative routines reporting