The state is passing an increase in cases with flu-suchlike symptoms, but utmost are milder, due to vaccination
. State Secretary of Health, Geraldo Resende, has so far disregarded the suspense of surgeries and examinations by the Health Caravan. (Photo Marcos Maluf)
In a press conference this morning (10), the State Health Secretary, Geraldo Resende, reflected that he has not considered, at least, until now, suspending the Health Caravan program – which expands the offer of largely complex examinations and surgeries to the southern population. Mato Grosso, through the SUS (Unified Health System) – due to the increase in flu outbreaks in the state.
The holder of the SES (State Department of Health) reinforces that there’s a significant increase in cases of coronaviruses and influenza, due to the emergence of new variants of these contagions, but that vaccine content has meant that there’s a reduction in serious cases.
For the time being, we aren’t indeed going to suspend it, because thousands of people need the service. So, there’s no need, positive cases are being covered, as well as serious bones, and the number of rehabilitated cases isn’t high. So, you can attune and the Caravan to continue.”
Presently, about 2 of the beds in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit), in themacro-health region of Campo Grande, are enthralled by cases verified with covid-19, although the total capacity is close to 49.
In the first half of 2021, when the immunization crusade was starting, there was an overcrowding of similar structures – the rate reached 100 and utmost cases were verified or suspected of coronavirus.
It’s worth remembering that, at the morning of the epidemic period, inmid-March 2020, a good part of the medical procedures were heldup or canceled, as the public network came overfilled with care for SARS ( Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) cases. set of symptoms caused, in large part, by covid.
The program entered from the 79 cosmopolises of Mato Grosso do Sul, at least68.6 thousand requests for surgeries and 33 thousand examinations for this edition, taking, in all, aroundR$ 80 million in investments.