SANTIAGO, May 27 — Doctors in hospitals across the Chilean capital Santiago said yesterday beds are fast running short as new coronavirus cases spike across the city, forcing urgent care wards to make tough decisions with patients flooding the system. The count of new cases in Chile has...
A screen shows a thermal imaging system taking the temperature of health workers inside a public hospital to identify people potentially infected with Covid-19 in Valparaiso, Chile April 23, 2020. — Reuters pic
The count of new cases in Chile has quadrupled since early May to about 4,000 daily, with total cases topping 80,000 on Wednesday. Critical care wards in Santiago now report 97 per cent occupancy levels, according to a Tuesday poll by Chile´s Society of Intensive Care Medicine. “At the rate we´re going, the situation in which we have to choose is right around the corner,” said Juan Carlos Said, a doctor at the Sotero del Rio public hospital in Santiago.
President Sebastian Pinera told reporters yesterday the country was working hard to boost available beds and equipment amid the growing crisis, but acknowledged the threat of collapse was real.
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