The president of the Medical College (Colmed), Ana María Arriagada expressed her concern before the high occupancy of critical beds in the countryin the context of the rise in respiratory diseases.
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This is because according to data provided by the Ministry of Health (Minsal), the critical bed occupancy reaches a 93.8% in the public sectorwhile In the private sector this figure reaches 91% Of occupation.
In that sense, the union leader pointed out in conversation with Radio Universo that “We actually have an overload of beds in the public systemwith a slightly lower level in the private system.”
However, he stated that “We still have the possibility of converting beds“, adding that “We look with concern at the situation of critical beds, let’s remember that is close to 93% the occupation of beds in public sectors.”
Despite this, the national president of Colmed stated that in the occupancy of beds “not all are respiratory and that is why, as a Medical College, we are looking closely.”
Finally, Ana María Arriagada He maintained that “Thanks to the use of the drug against syncytial virus, Nirsevimab, the situation in pediatrics is still much more approachable. The Ministry still has resources to make available to the extent that the network demands it and we hope that happens.”
