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by Explica.co
January 24, 2021, 1:15 pm
The Ombudsman’s Office in Peru warned that there is no intensive care bed available in Lima and the neighboring port of Callao, given the speed with which the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is advancing, which is causing the weak local health system to collapse.
Nationwide, 10,998 citizens are hospitalized with varying degrees of severity. In the capital, the pressure on the health system returns to distressing levels: none of the 929 intensive care beds reported by the Ombudsman remain, whose registry does not include establishments linked to the security forces, pediatric hospitals and some specific organizations.
For its part, the report by OpenCovid Peru, a team of scientists and researchers that analyzes official data, had indicated on Friday that Out of 1065 ICU beds in Lima and Callao, only 10 were available. But there are dozens of hospitalized patients awaiting transfer to these units.
January 24, 2021, 1:15 pm
The Ombudsman’s Office in Peru warned that there is no intensive care bed available in Lima and the neighboring port of Callao, given the speed with which the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic is advancing, which is causing the weak local health system to collapse.
Nationwide, 10,998 citizens are hospitalized with varying degrees of severity. In the capital, the pressure on the health system returns to distressing levels: none of the 929 intensive care beds reported by the Ombudsman remain, whose registry does not include establishments linked to the security forces, pediatric hospitals and some specific organizations.
For its part, the report by OpenCovid Peru, a team of scientists and researchers that analyzes official data, had indicated on Friday that Out of 1065 ICU beds in Lima and Callao, only 10 were available. But there are dozens of hospitalized patients awaiting transfer to these units.
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