He Ministry of Health confirmed that it is planning an operation to reinforce care in primary health centers to avoid a collapse in the guards of the effectors.
Although the percentage of bed occupancy in the city’s hospitals is high, the system is not collapsed, as confirmed by the doctor. Andrea UboldiSecretary of Health of the province of Santa Fe, in dialogue with the program What’s the plan. “We have been monitoring the level of bed occupancy, which has been high.but we are not collapsed and so are the consultations,” Uboldi listed.
Given the increase in consultations on weekends, the health portfolio is studying replicating the strategies that were used during the dengue outbreak. Uboldi announced that in the city of Santa Fe they are analyzing reinforcing the guards at the Proto Médico hospital, Iturraspe hospital and the Sayago hospital. Another measure being analyzed is opening health centers on Saturdays.
“It’s not so many people who go in, but there are a lot of people who consult.. So, if we improve the supply of primary care, without a doubt the impact on hospitals will be less. “That’s a bit of the task we have to do,” he clarified.
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Increased circulation of the flu virus
For approximately six weeks there has been an increase in the circulation of the flu virus. “At the level of the city of Santa Fe, in the province and in the country, there is a very strong circulation of flu viruses,” confirmed the official. .
High fever lasting several days, persistent coughing and weakness are the most common symptoms of this disease, which mainly affects school-age children, adolescents and adults. “There is not so much respiratory infection in such little ones,” said the interviewee.
Flu
High fever lasting several days, persistent coughing and weakness are the most common symptoms of this disease, which mainly affects school-age children, adolescents and adults.
In this regard, Uboldi stressed that the logic of circulation of respiratory viruses is difficult to predict. “This is the profile of what we are having at this moment, let’s also see what happens with this heat that we are having now. Unlike other years we are not having as much involvement in the smallest of bronchiolitis. So it is a super good news,” he assessed.
