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Deaths from influenza A would be for lack of timely treatment
According to Sandra Toapanta, medical director of Mount Sinai hospital, deaths in the province "were possibly due to lack of timely treatment, because there was no immediate search to personnel who are trained in the issue."
Topante added that the institution complies with the protocol provided by the Ministry of Health for the treatment of suspected cases of influenza type A. To this end, the suspect is placed in an isolation room ready in the private hospital, and reported immediately to health authorities, the official added.
According to the protocol, the patient suspect must be treated with Tamiflu maximum after 72 hours of being declared as such, "and especially if the patient is suffering from pneumonia," said the doctor.
Bruno Ledesma, manager of the Santa In?s private hospital, reported that since the beginning of the health emergency by the virus AH1N1 began coordinating activities and staff training with the Department of Health Azuay. "It brought to a Colombian infectologists," he added. Mentioned that also creates a special isolation unit and bought the necessary medicines.
Ledesma stressed working together with authorities in the field, as well as the need for laboratory tests to be decentralized and Guayaquil are likely to be met "at least three major cities in the country that are related regional" he said. The official stressed that "we have not had any problem of the staff since the emergency began."
Deaths from influenza A would be for lack of timely treatment
According to Sandra Toapanta, medical director of Mount Sinai hospital, deaths in the province "were possibly due to lack of timely treatment, because there was no immediate search to personnel who are trained in the issue."
Topante added that the institution complies with the protocol provided by the Ministry of Health for the treatment of suspected cases of influenza type A. To this end, the suspect is placed in an isolation room ready in the private hospital, and reported immediately to health authorities, the official added.
According to the protocol, the patient suspect must be treated with Tamiflu maximum after 72 hours of being declared as such, "and especially if the patient is suffering from pneumonia," said the doctor.
Bruno Ledesma, manager of the Santa In?s private hospital, reported that since the beginning of the health emergency by the virus AH1N1 began coordinating activities and staff training with the Department of Health Azuay. "It brought to a Colombian infectologists," he added. Mentioned that also creates a special isolation unit and bought the necessary medicines.
Ledesma stressed working together with authorities in the field, as well as the need for laboratory tests to be decentralized and Guayaquil are likely to be met "at least three major cities in the country that are related regional" he said. The official stressed that "we have not had any problem of the staff since the emergency began."