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Effect scare: four patients died - 33 were hospitalized in serious condition
Constant increase in the number of patients with recent deaths effect raise the level of anxiety among the public. A record number of applicants registered in recent days, higher than the fear of flu a year ago. Ministry of Health: "No exceptional peripheral morbidity"
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With increased morbidity, the higher the anxiety level of the public last week, the rate of patient visits to community clinics for fear of influenza peak of 23.5 calls per 10,000 people per week. Only By comparison, last year, the year of swine flu scare, was a record 10,000 referrals a week to 23. Two years ago (2009-2008 season), which was considered mild illness season, was at the height Weekly visits to clinics on the incidence of only 9.8.
As of yesterday, 23 hospitals hospitalized flu patients in the ICU, 19 of them needed mechanical ventilation.
As mentioned above, since the beginning of the season were hospitalized in 33 patients with flu patients.
Six year old girl, died on Sunday at the Assaf Harofeh Hospital from complications of the disease.
Same day also died in hospital three months old baby girl four months old baby complications of other viruses. "Scope of morbidity that we see are not extraordinary," explains Professor Grotto, "Last year morbidity consisted of one very dominant virus of swine flu and this year there are three different types of impact and some viruses, are very active, and it creates another illness but not exceeding in scope. "
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Effect scare: four patients died - 33 were hospitalized in serious condition
Constant increase in the number of patients with recent deaths effect raise the level of anxiety among the public. A record number of applicants registered in recent days, higher than the fear of flu a year ago. Ministry of Health: "No exceptional peripheral morbidity"
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In recent weeks, the flu is on the rise and it seems that every week, breaking the previous week's climax. Monitoring influenza impact conducted by the Ministry of Health indicates that last week continued to rise morbidity, especially among infants and children up to age 18. 12/1/2011 10:06
12/01/2011 10:06 flu patients were hospitalized in serious condition since the beginning of the current season of the disease, four of whom died of various complications, including two children , and the Ministry of Health estimates that have not yet reached its peak of incidence.
With increased morbidity, the higher the anxiety level of the public last week, the rate of patient visits to community clinics for fear of influenza peak of 23.5 calls per 10,000 people per week. Only By comparison, last year, the year of swine flu scare, was a record 10,000 referrals a week to 23. Two years ago (2009-2008 season), which was considered mild illness season, was at the height Weekly visits to clinics on the incidence of only 9.8.
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"Have not yet reached its peak".
"The current season has not reached peak disease," said Professor Itamar Grotto, head of the Public Health Services Ministry of Health. "
"We still do not see the decline in applications, and I hope we start to see her soon." As of yesterday, 23 hospitals hospitalized flu patients in the ICU, 19 of them needed mechanical ventilation.
As mentioned above, since the beginning of the season were hospitalized in 33 patients with flu patients.
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Four of them died from the disease.,
Three of the four died of complications from flu, the latest ones,
Same day also died in hospital three months old baby girl four months old baby complications of other viruses. "Scope of morbidity that we see are not extraordinary," explains Professor Grotto, "Last year morbidity consisted of one very dominant virus of swine flu and this year there are three different types of impact and some viruses, are very active, and it creates another illness but not exceeding in scope. "
Nurses: we do not get sick wards with full occupancy
Meanwhile, a set yesterday (Tuesday) union brothers and sisters an emergency meeting following the plight of the inner ward, and announced that starting next Tuesday nurses will no longer receive hospital wards where the occupancy exceed 100%.
"This is a first step in the struggle hard, but when patients humiliated stars as homeless people in departments, and even die sometimes because there are no nurses to handle them, we can not stand idly by," said Ilan Cohen, chairman of the nurses union called for doctors to join the struggle.
Morbidity resulted in peak winter occupancy in different departments in hospitals, especially children's departments and internal departments. Inner ward occupancy percentage of Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus was 156% yesterday, while the pediatric ward occupancy stood at 173%. Big load departments responded to the familiar sights of patients lying in the corridors, further worsened situation in light of manpower shortages, including nurses.
Meanwhile, a set yesterday (Tuesday) union brothers and sisters an emergency meeting following the plight of the inner ward, and announced that starting next Tuesday nurses will no longer receive hospital wards where the occupancy exceed 100%.
"This is a first step in the struggle hard, but when patients humiliated stars as homeless people in departments, and even die sometimes because there are no nurses to handle them, we can not stand idly by," said Ilan Cohen, chairman of the nurses union called for doctors to join the struggle.
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"Internal departments rush is unbearable and nothing has changed over the last 35 years. This is a disgrace to Israel we got into this situation. The parents of all of us lying in the corridors. Today it is all they will soon." Morbidity resulted in peak winter occupancy in different departments in hospitals, especially children's departments and internal departments. Inner ward occupancy percentage of Hadassah Hospital on Mount Scopus was 156% yesterday, while the pediatric ward occupancy stood at 173%. Big load departments responded to the familiar sights of patients lying in the corridors, further worsened situation in light of manpower shortages, including nurses.
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