A strong outbreak of coronavirus in Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, due to the Omicron variant, caused the total collapse of pediatric intensive care units, three days after the death of a baby while waiting to be treated.
The local portal InfoSaúde, which collects data from medical centers, reported that 100% of the intensive care rooms for children affected by coronavirus were occupied this Thursday in public and private hospitals of the federal capital.
Given the seriousness of the situation, the Government announced the opening of more rooms after the death of a 1-year-old and 4-month-old baby occurred this Monday while waiting to be admitted to an intensive care room at the East Regional Hospital.
The Ministry of Health reported that the baby, who tested positive, “was admitted with suspected pneumonia, then the condition worsened and he was sent to stand in line to get an intensive care bed, but at night Monday he went into cardiac arrest” and died.
96% of intensive care rooms for adults were also occupied this Thursday in Brasilia
“The Secretary of Health told me that there was no lack of attention, but unfortunately he died, we regret the death of that child”declared the governor of the capital, Ibanés Rocha.
The infectologist Joana Dï Arc Guimaraes warned that to avoid other fatal cases it is “Essential” that intensive care rooms be enabled immediately, picked up the ANSA news agency.
At the same time, InfoSaude reported that 96% of intensive care rooms for adults were also occupied this Thursday in Brasilia.
In addition, the chain CNN Brasil reported that in another 9 states there was an occupation of more than more than 80% of intensive care rooms for adults and minors sick with Covid-19.
The occupation of intensive care beds for adults, turned to Covid-19, registered an increase in the country, according to the Technical Note of the Covid-19 Observatory, from Fiocruz, disclosed in this fifth-feira (3) #VisãoCNN pic.twitter.com/cBYSxZF6dn
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Already on January 25, the health authorities warned that the hospitals in Brasilia were collapsed and that they no longer had beds for patients affected by coronavirus.
Figures of the pandemic in Brazil
Brazil, the country most affected by the pandemic after the United States, adds 25.8 million cases and 629,000 deaths, according to the last official part.
