During the early hours of this morning, the person in charge of the Health portfolio, Dr. Luis Medina Ruiz, spoke with the staff of this effector and thanked them for their work in caring for patients with respiratory diseases such as influenza and bronchiolitis.
In this regard, the doctor Luis Medina Ruiz, commented: “This morning we came to visit the Children’s Hospital guard since we know that at this time there are usually many consultations, we satisfactorily noticed the contained situation. Although there is usually an increase in consultations in the evening, but at this time of the morning we have an empty waiting room with staff carrying out room reviews, all very organized. That is why I am grateful to the health personnel we have in Tucumán, for their empathy, technical capacity, professionalism and above all for the humanity with which they serve.”
“We have noticed an increase in consultations in general in all our care centers, referring to respiratory conditions, but the situation in all places is contained. At this time it is important to remind the population of preventive measures such as completing the vaccination schedule in children, protecting ourselves with a mask if necessary and if they have any respiratory symptoms and have a small baby, shelter them, not approaching them without the mask and practicing hand hygiene”.
And he added: “In addition, early consultation must be carried out since all of these are factors that lead to us having a controlled epidemic situation. We are in a time of cold days in the morning and sun at noon, these thermal amplitudes are the ones that usually generate greater respiratory symptoms, which is why preventive measures are important,” he concluded.
For her part, the director of the effector, doctor Ines Gramajocommented: “Today we received a visit from the Minister of Health in the guard of our hospital who, although we have not had a significant increase in consultations, those that do occur are respiratory conditions such as bronchiolitis, recurrent obstructive bronchial syndrome and all respiratory conditions. typical of this era.
Likewise, Gramajo highlighted that the effector has a very complete guard prepared to respond to the population. “We have a highly trained medical and nursing team on call to provide quality care.”
“We are a monovalent hospital, the only exclusive pediatric hospital and we receive referrals from all over. We currently have 266 consultations in 24 hours, which include clinic, surgery and traumatology. “We are not having a high influx of children with bronchiolitis and it is due to the important vaccination campaign that has been carried out for mothers between 32 and 36 weeks of pregnancy, which protects the child until the first six months of life,” he concluded. .
