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We are past the peak of the situation, which we conclude mainly from the number of new admissions to inpatient wards. The news that worries us most is that the number of cases with severe COVID-19 disability is not decreasing and we are currently at full capacity in our resuscitation ward. For this reason, we have built additional beds where we can accommodate additional patients who will require ventilatory support.
Not only A&E, internal medicine and surgery staff are involved in the treatment of covid patients, but also other medical staff from other departments. I am extremely grateful for their dedication and commitment.
I believe that the situation in our region will slowly begin to calm down and the hospital will slowly resume its operations in the coming weeks.
At the same time, we are trying to maintain outpatient operations, but in order to prevent too many people from moving around the hospital, we have introduced certain measures. These include a ban on patient escorts. Escorts are still only allowed in the case of immobile persons or underage patients. We ask patients, if a doctor's visit can be arranged remotely, we would be happy if they could use this route to contact the doctors. Patients coming to the outpatient clinic can take advantage of the free antigen test in the parking lot in front of the hospital.
Vaccinations are still ongoing. Over the next two weeks, the majority of slots will be filled by a group of seniors and educators for re-vaccination with the second dose. If there are enough vaccines, we are prepared to keep the vaccination center open for most of the Easter holiday. We anticipate that younger patients will be allowed into the booking system from around the beginning of April. There is also a system in place to vaccinate younger patients who have a serious underlying condition for which the experience of COVID-19 infection would be a significant health risk.
Michal Průša, MD
Director of Hořovice Hospital
