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Healthcare workers warn of shortage of sedatives for intubated Covid patients
Health minister blames increased global demand
Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Healthcare workers in at least 12 states have reported a shortage of the sedatives they require to intubate critically ill coronavirus patients.
Medical personnel in Aguascalientes, Sinaloa, Baja California, Durango, Nuevo Le?n, M?xico state, Mexico City, San Luis Potos?, Chihuahua, Campeche, Colima and Chiapas face shortages, according to a report by the newspaper Reforma.
Doctors and nurses in those states say that the situation worsened two weeks ago.
“There are no medications for sedation; there is no propofol, midazolam, vecuronium or rocuronium to intubate patients,” said a doctor who works at a Mexican Social Security Institute hospital in the Mexico City borough of ?lvaro Obreg?n.
Health workers communicate on the messaging service WhatsApp to try to identify hospitals from which they can source the medications they need, Reforma said.
Another doctor said that the situation defies all logic...
Healthcare workers warn of shortage of sedatives for intubated Covid patients
Health minister blames increased global demand
Published on Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Healthcare workers in at least 12 states have reported a shortage of the sedatives they require to intubate critically ill coronavirus patients.
Medical personnel in Aguascalientes, Sinaloa, Baja California, Durango, Nuevo Le?n, M?xico state, Mexico City, San Luis Potos?, Chihuahua, Campeche, Colima and Chiapas face shortages, according to a report by the newspaper Reforma.
Doctors and nurses in those states say that the situation worsened two weeks ago.
“There are no medications for sedation; there is no propofol, midazolam, vecuronium or rocuronium to intubate patients,” said a doctor who works at a Mexican Social Security Institute hospital in the Mexico City borough of ?lvaro Obreg?n.
Health workers communicate on the messaging service WhatsApp to try to identify hospitals from which they can source the medications they need, Reforma said.
Another doctor said that the situation defies all logic...