23 minutes agoSyla: Health staff is overworked and overloaded
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)The health staff is overworked and overloaded after increasing the number of people infected with coronarys in Kosovo. So says Radio Free Europe, head of the Health Workers' Union, Blerim Syla, who says that by two days ago, 257 health workers have been confirmed with COVID-19 disease, which causes the coronary, but [...]
The health staff is overworked and overloaded after increasing the number of people infected with coronarys in Kosovo.
So says Radio Free Europe, head of the Health Workers' Union, Blerim Syla, who says that by two days ago, 257 health workers have been confirmed with COVID-19, which causes the Coronavirus, but, according to him, this number may already have reached up to 300.
I don't want to spread panic that the situation is coming out of control, but I can say we're filling our capacities, what we have. According to statistics owned by the Federation of Health Union, we have 401 beds in Kosovo, all over Kosovo, as far as those who need to deal with COVID-19. Well, the problem lies with staff because this staff is overworked and overloaded”, says Syla.
Syla says the whole problem is that Kosovo does not have enough staff to deal with patients with COVID-19.
As far as the situation is concerned in clinics, you know there have been several trends in providing services in other hospitals. But we have a problem because we don't have a lot of staff. I'm taking your case from Gjakova. There were four infected health workers there before yesterday, while we have nine patients who are receiving treatment. So, the situation isn't good, it's a pretty bad situation, and that's a consequence of everybody”, says Syla for Radio Free Europe.
On Saturday, Kosovo has registered eight dead and 178 new cases of Corleone, marking the day with the worst record in one day in terms of victims and infected.
Kosovo's National Public Health Institute (IKSHPK) also appealed for citizens to respect recommendations, such as wearing masks, keeping distance and maintaining hygiene, as the Institute, respecting these rules, preserves citizens' health.
Kosovo's government on Wednesday imposed several additional measures for Coronavirus protection, including stopping the collection of more than 50 people in open and closed environments.
The first coronavirus cases in Kosovo were recorded on March 13th.
Since then, until July 4th, according to data published by IKSHPK, 3,356 people have been infected with coronarys. Of them, 66 have died, 1,874 have been healed, and 1,416 people continue to be active with coronarys.
