The problem still exists in hospital emergencyThis is despite a decrease in the incidence of respiratory infections. More than 150 patients were waiting for assistance at the General Hospital in Castellón on Monday, with a dozen waiting overnight for bed allocation.
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Encarna Barragán from the CCOO union explained that on Tuesday morning there were 13 patients await admission Those waiting for a bed in the ward, pre-admission or emergency room at night. «Emergency levels remain high; Monday There were not even stretchers, both waiting rooms and boxes were full.“There were over 100 people waiting to get in and they didn’t even have chairs,” Barragan said. Likewise, union representatives noted that “there was an incident with an elderly man in the waiting room and they transferred him to critical services and he died.”
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The health center of Castellon said that on Monday, like other days, it recorded several patient deaths, One of them happened inNursing emergenciesonce healthcare begins and priorities are assigned.
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patient complaints Waited a long time for food to be served. So one man explained that his 91-year-old mother came to the hospital around 12:30-1:00 pm and had her first treatment between 8:30-9:00 pm. He added that one girl, who was there from 12:00 to 22:00, had three broken ribs. “Hospital staff can’t do much more, they are overloaded. It’s unfortunate how the system works. “There are people waiting in the streets because all the rooms and boxes are full,” he declared.
Another netizen pointed out that around 4 p.m., there were 150 people waiting in the emergency room. As far as they are concerned, the waiting time is about 7 hours from 12:00 to 19:00.
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CCOO stated that two pre-check-in rooms are open, but The template needs to be reinforced, because that would not be possible if the same group of people were under greater pressure. The stress varied from day to day, he recalled, with it being calmer in the morning and more complex in the afternoon. They clarified that being stressed does not mean patients will not be treated as they are first triaged to see how urgent the condition is and patients with milder conditions will have to wait longer than those with more serious conditions.
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Barragan added that, moreover, there remains Lightning strike problem causes equipment to not work This also slows down the production of plates.
They clarified from the general that these devices can malfunction, for which they have electronic medical services specialized in health devices.
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For its part, comes from the medical alliance CESM.Alejandro Calvente, known as “Crash” situation. Likewise, he noted that efforts to expand services are not conducive to the situation because the guard booth is outside and so is the emergency room. Added to this is the incidence of respiratory illnesses. He also reported that there were safety issues, caused by quite nervous people.
This situation is not new. This Christmas, one patient reported having to wait 15 hours at a general hospital with his 91-year-old mother. Laplana folded the bed in the room to be able to face the situation.
Incidence of respiratory illness Another decline for the second consecutive week After the peak recorded during the transition from week 51 to week 52. As a result, the community’s incidence rate as of Tuesday reflects a rate of 1,297 cases per 100,000 in the second week of January. It remains above the state average (935.1) but below the previous average (1,318.7).
Three regions of Castellon remain at the orange level (number of cases between 1,278 and 1,536, slightly better than the previous week).
The situation in hospitals has also improved, with the incidence of severe respiratory infection cases at 33.5, compared with 42.9 in the same period the previous week.