In these last three weeks, the Hospital de Clínicas registered a considerable increase in febrile symptoms due to arbovirosisbeing in a 90% positive to chikungunya.
The respiratory modular area was renamed “Contingency A” and that’s where those patients with dengue and chikungunya are being hospitalized who present more serious pictures.
The Dr. Fátima Ovando, Assistant Director of Assistance at the Hospital de Clínicasexplained that there is an increase in outpatient consultations for adult patientsbut they also receive quite young patients who arrive affected with difficulty mobilizing because of pain, so they must have rest.
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This situation is affecting also to hospital staff in all servicesand whatand several professionals are presenting symptoms of the disease, he mentioned. In certain cases, the ailments persist several weeks and even up to 3 months later.
Ovando mentioned that in The Adult Emergency Service is seeing patients in a higher age range (65 years and older) and with comorbiditiesarriving some in serious condition, which leads to intensive care is seen with a higher demand to the one you normally have.
“At the moment, 50% of the beds in the Intensive Care Unit are with patients who have arrived in a critical situationwith failure of various organs, kidney failure, among other consequences due to chikungunya”, he indicated.
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From Clinics advise to all patients with underlying pathologiesbe it hypertension, diabetes, obesity, among others, as well as the elderly, to go to the doctor in time before the appearance of symptoms, since in many cases people come in serious stages, recovery is more difficult.
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