In Mexico the number of cases of people infected by COVID-19 increased to 1,890 patients confirmed, reported the Secretariat of Health (SSa). The number of fatalities increased to 79.
This morning, at a press conference of president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the officials of the health sector presented the system that will be implemented to that medical specialists, trained in Covid-19, with a protocol of actions in the medical units.
Presented an internet site for the continuous upgrading of the health staff where they can register and train, the page is coviduti.health.gov. mx.
Alejandro Svarch Perez, who is in charge of the National Coordination Medical the national Institute of Health for the well-being (Insabi)announced that before the structural deficit of doctorsis working on a plan to train more specialized staff and so you have enough hands in the area of intensive therapy.
The new model that has raised the health sector, through various institutions, such as Pemex, IMSS, ISSSTE, the ministry of National Defense and the Navy, proposes a strategy of reconversion of human resources from which use will be made of medical and nursing staff across the country, general or specialists in areas that are not critical.
These people will specialized training in severe cases of the new coronavirus to be integrated into teams of care of these patients with the aim of reorganize the structure of the health services through a model cascade.
In preparation for phase 3 of the epidemic, is expected to arrive in mid-April, the mexican government reiterated on Thursday its appeal to all specialists of the health, including doctors and nurses specialized, to combat the COVID-19.
“This re-launch of the call for join efforts are focused on specialist staffwe need those who are trained in the management of the patient, about anyone who requires ventilatory support, i.e., intubation,” said Svarch.
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