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Central Emergency Hospital closed doors for lack of supplies
written by Yulliam Moncada / DLA T?chira
Monday, January 31, 2011
Will remain on the street until they receive the necessary medical supplies to meet their work. Made an urgent appeal to the regional and national authorities to once and for all provide a solution to the crisis that threatens the lives of patients and even themselves
The Central Hospital of San Cristobal has no alcohol to place a shot. The lack of inputs is such that doctors on call on Sunday found themselves obliged to make public the situation by closing the doors of the Emergency and treating patients on the street, arguing that there is no difference between being in or out because they do not have as inputs for their attention.
Since October last year they have done little pressure to draw the attention of the authorities but have not managed solution, so this time was far more drastic. Will remain on the street until they receive the necessary medical supplies to meet their work. Made an urgent appeal to the regional and national authorities to once and for all provide a solution to the crisis that threatens the lives of patients and even themselves.
Dr. Marcela Morales, a resident of surgery, said: "We arrived Sunday, the last day of trade fairs to get the guard and we find that there is no inyectadota, Profenid no, no antibiotics, no gauze, or adhesive alcohol pads or even to place a shot. That's why we wanted to publicize the situation. "
However, the situation is not new, said that for about 6 months are requesting supplies and medicines to relatives, but the crisis deepened this year, so much so that the Hospital patients will no longer need, but those who have enough money to buy what they need. "If you come with appendicitis, which is the simplest, you must have a minimum of 1,500 or 2,000 Bolivars to acquire the minority of the inputs that are needed," said Morales.
He emphasized that these are not failures as a manager once said, but faults, as for example in the Pavilion area no suturing or how a person is cut. "I have to grab three points with a patient, I have nothing to cure a patient who arrives with an injury. There is nothing here. We really want to work, to meet people and do everything right, but not inputs can not continue working. "
Doctors who are Board of Shock have no address how a headache, let alone a hypertensive crisis. Dr. Karina Perez said: "If a person comes infarcted we have to send him to buy the whole treatment, no aspirin, or Captopril, nothing. A patient in seconds can make a stroke with a hypertensive crisis and does so because we do not have to be treated. There is absolutely nothing. No alcohol, no cotton and take their blood samples have to buy the gloves, because even that we have. "
Without laboratory
The Central Hospital laboratory is not functioning for lack of inputs. This means that patients should be performed all laboratory tests on private sites, including hematology, which is easier. Each patient is paying approximately between 300 and 400 Bolivars only laboratory daily, plus 600 or 700 Bs on drugs, and those who are in surgery and trauma they need plaster and priests, must add this to your expenses.
No plaster
Dr. Obed Ramos, R2 trauma, said the situation in the area of Orthopedics, as well as other services in the Hospital, is critical at this time. "We have about a hundred patients hospitalized dammed, because we have no way of solving them. From 20 to 30 surgeries per week that we were doing last year, now 5 or 6 just practice. There is no anesthetic, gloves, saline, or nothing. The next patient to arrive will be admitted to the floor, because there are no stretchers, as happened last week. We do not cast for about 15 days. A band of cast costs 70 bolivars in a pharmacy and to immobilize a patient require at least five, plus the other inputs. "
Spanish to English translation
Central Emergency Hospital closed doors for lack of supplies
written by Yulliam Moncada / DLA T?chira
Monday, January 31, 2011
Will remain on the street until they receive the necessary medical supplies to meet their work. Made an urgent appeal to the regional and national authorities to once and for all provide a solution to the crisis that threatens the lives of patients and even themselves
The Central Hospital of San Cristobal has no alcohol to place a shot. The lack of inputs is such that doctors on call on Sunday found themselves obliged to make public the situation by closing the doors of the Emergency and treating patients on the street, arguing that there is no difference between being in or out because they do not have as inputs for their attention.
Since October last year they have done little pressure to draw the attention of the authorities but have not managed solution, so this time was far more drastic. Will remain on the street until they receive the necessary medical supplies to meet their work. Made an urgent appeal to the regional and national authorities to once and for all provide a solution to the crisis that threatens the lives of patients and even themselves.
Dr. Marcela Morales, a resident of surgery, said: "We arrived Sunday, the last day of trade fairs to get the guard and we find that there is no inyectadota, Profenid no, no antibiotics, no gauze, or adhesive alcohol pads or even to place a shot. That's why we wanted to publicize the situation. "
However, the situation is not new, said that for about 6 months are requesting supplies and medicines to relatives, but the crisis deepened this year, so much so that the Hospital patients will no longer need, but those who have enough money to buy what they need. "If you come with appendicitis, which is the simplest, you must have a minimum of 1,500 or 2,000 Bolivars to acquire the minority of the inputs that are needed," said Morales.
He emphasized that these are not failures as a manager once said, but faults, as for example in the Pavilion area no suturing or how a person is cut. "I have to grab three points with a patient, I have nothing to cure a patient who arrives with an injury. There is nothing here. We really want to work, to meet people and do everything right, but not inputs can not continue working. "
Doctors who are Board of Shock have no address how a headache, let alone a hypertensive crisis. Dr. Karina Perez said: "If a person comes infarcted we have to send him to buy the whole treatment, no aspirin, or Captopril, nothing. A patient in seconds can make a stroke with a hypertensive crisis and does so because we do not have to be treated. There is absolutely nothing. No alcohol, no cotton and take their blood samples have to buy the gloves, because even that we have. "
Without laboratory
The Central Hospital laboratory is not functioning for lack of inputs. This means that patients should be performed all laboratory tests on private sites, including hematology, which is easier. Each patient is paying approximately between 300 and 400 Bolivars only laboratory daily, plus 600 or 700 Bs on drugs, and those who are in surgery and trauma they need plaster and priests, must add this to your expenses.
No plaster
Dr. Obed Ramos, R2 trauma, said the situation in the area of Orthopedics, as well as other services in the Hospital, is critical at this time. "We have about a hundred patients hospitalized dammed, because we have no way of solving them. From 20 to 30 surgeries per week that we were doing last year, now 5 or 6 just practice. There is no anesthetic, gloves, saline, or nothing. The next patient to arrive will be admitted to the floor, because there are no stretchers, as happened last week. We do not cast for about 15 days. A band of cast costs 70 bolivars in a pharmacy and to immobilize a patient require at least five, plus the other inputs. "