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Clinic in Bogot? reaches 45 cases, and more tests are expected
There are 40 healthcare workers and five infected patients. One is in intensive care.
La Paz Clinic
The health personnel of this psychiatric center and the patients confirmed with covid-19 are in good condition.
Health Doctors Covid-19 Coronavirus in Colombia
By: Health Unit
April 23, 2020, 08:40 p.m.
In the psychiatric clinic Nuestra Se?ora de la Paz, located in the heart of Bogot?, a massive spread of the new coronavirus was confirmed, which has so far compromised 40 health workers, including doctors and nurses, after the relevant tests. In the analysis made by the authorities, in addition, there are also five positive patients
In the analysis made by the health authorities there are also five positive patients and the application of tests continues to determine if more people are affected.
Of the 40 collaborators of the clinic, 32 are health personnel, five have presented symptoms and there is one person in intensive care, explained Sandra Gir?n, director of epidemiology and demography at the Ministry of Health.
The situation, according to an official source, began after the center, the most important reference in mental illness care in Bogot?, was admitted by a patient transferred from another hospital entity with symptoms of covid-19. His diagnosis was confirmed on April 14.
Once his case was confirmed, there was a reorganization in the hospitalization areas, definition of isolations and identification of contacts. Likewise, the directors of the clinic decided, on their own account, to carry out analyzes on a large part of the staff.
The more than 40 affected, symptomatic or not, have been isolated, they are generally in good health, under strict monitoring.
For now, the analysis of more than 100 identified contacts continues, and autonomously the directors of the clinic decided to prevent the entry of new patients.
more people are affected. In fact, this newspaper learned of a letter that the clinic sent to the Bogot? health authorities to speed up the delivery of results of samples taken on April 16 from hospitalized and suspected patients.
Due to the delays "we have not been able to release patients classified as suspects, despite being stable in mental symptoms, for this reason having three isolated services and overcrowded acute care units," wrote the psychiatric center.
The origin of the massive contagion, according to an official source, was when a center transferred from another hospital entity with symptoms of covid-19 entered the center, the most important benchmark for mental illness care in Bogot?. His diagnosis was confirmed on April 14.
Once his case was confirmed, there was a reorganization in the hospitalization areas, definition of isolations and identification of contacts. Likewise, the directors of the clinic decided, on their own account, to carry out analyzes on a large part of the staff.
The more than 40 affected - symptomatic or not - have been isolated, they are generally in good health, under strict monitoring.
For now, the analysis of more than 100 identified contacts continues, and autonomously the directors of the clinic decided to prevent the entry of new patients.
Likewise, the contagion chain continues to be investigated based on rigorous epidemiological procedures, and in the meantime, according to the directives, a piece of reassurance is sent to the families of infected people.
The Bogot? Health Secretariat, headed by Alejandro G?mez, made an epidemiological inspection yesterday, in which the protocols and procedures were reviewed. After it, general recommendations were issued and we are waiting to define whether the situation warrants substantive measures.
At press time, it was learned that since the clinic carried out the tests autonomously and on the basis that the case count on the new coronavirus is centralized and has to be officially verified, the initial report of 45 infected will be reviewed in a way exhaustive. This process includes ruling out false positives or false negatives, re-testing the tests when necessary, and effectively accounting for those affected based on the results.
Clinic in Bogot? reaches 45 cases, and more tests are expected
There are 40 healthcare workers and five infected patients. One is in intensive care.
La Paz Clinic
The health personnel of this psychiatric center and the patients confirmed with covid-19 are in good condition.
Health Doctors Covid-19 Coronavirus in Colombia
By: Health Unit
April 23, 2020, 08:40 p.m.
In the psychiatric clinic Nuestra Se?ora de la Paz, located in the heart of Bogot?, a massive spread of the new coronavirus was confirmed, which has so far compromised 40 health workers, including doctors and nurses, after the relevant tests. In the analysis made by the authorities, in addition, there are also five positive patients
In the analysis made by the health authorities there are also five positive patients and the application of tests continues to determine if more people are affected.
Of the 40 collaborators of the clinic, 32 are health personnel, five have presented symptoms and there is one person in intensive care, explained Sandra Gir?n, director of epidemiology and demography at the Ministry of Health.
The situation, according to an official source, began after the center, the most important reference in mental illness care in Bogot?, was admitted by a patient transferred from another hospital entity with symptoms of covid-19. His diagnosis was confirmed on April 14.
Once his case was confirmed, there was a reorganization in the hospitalization areas, definition of isolations and identification of contacts. Likewise, the directors of the clinic decided, on their own account, to carry out analyzes on a large part of the staff.
The more than 40 affected, symptomatic or not, have been isolated, they are generally in good health, under strict monitoring.
For now, the analysis of more than 100 identified contacts continues, and autonomously the directors of the clinic decided to prevent the entry of new patients.
more people are affected. In fact, this newspaper learned of a letter that the clinic sent to the Bogot? health authorities to speed up the delivery of results of samples taken on April 16 from hospitalized and suspected patients.
Due to the delays "we have not been able to release patients classified as suspects, despite being stable in mental symptoms, for this reason having three isolated services and overcrowded acute care units," wrote the psychiatric center.
The origin of the massive contagion, according to an official source, was when a center transferred from another hospital entity with symptoms of covid-19 entered the center, the most important benchmark for mental illness care in Bogot?. His diagnosis was confirmed on April 14.
Once his case was confirmed, there was a reorganization in the hospitalization areas, definition of isolations and identification of contacts. Likewise, the directors of the clinic decided, on their own account, to carry out analyzes on a large part of the staff.
The more than 40 affected - symptomatic or not - have been isolated, they are generally in good health, under strict monitoring.
For now, the analysis of more than 100 identified contacts continues, and autonomously the directors of the clinic decided to prevent the entry of new patients.
Likewise, the contagion chain continues to be investigated based on rigorous epidemiological procedures, and in the meantime, according to the directives, a piece of reassurance is sent to the families of infected people.
The Bogot? Health Secretariat, headed by Alejandro G?mez, made an epidemiological inspection yesterday, in which the protocols and procedures were reviewed. After it, general recommendations were issued and we are waiting to define whether the situation warrants substantive measures.
At press time, it was learned that since the clinic carried out the tests autonomously and on the basis that the case count on the new coronavirus is centralized and has to be officially verified, the initial report of 45 infected will be reviewed in a way exhaustive. This process includes ruling out false positives or false negatives, re-testing the tests when necessary, and effectively accounting for those affected based on the results.