Health declines with 500 surgeries per day and 50% of ‘on-site’ consultations

The Basque Health Service He is immersed in a gradual return to normalcy. The epidemic improved 89% decrease In the number of injuries, or a 52% drop in admissionsallowed 100% of surgeries recover in the morning and the 80% in the afternoon until reaching 500 daily operationsAt the same time Face-to-face consultations for primary care are already about half. Yesterday, the Minister of Health said: “The population will notice that because we are slowly calling those who have undergone surgery waiting for the implantation of a prosthesis, cataract surgery, hernia surgery, gastric surgery …”. Gotzone Sagardui.

in case if Primary health careattendance is “gradually recovering” and about 50%. The goal is to return to pre-pandemic data, when conducting face-to-face consultations represented 65% of the grand total. He emphasized that the concept of “consultation” It’s not just a doctor-patient appointmentbut also includes, for example, home visits, reporting, referral analyzes and consultations between professionals.

also in Primary health care Convenience is recorded in the number of calls. Thus, it has passed 70,000 calls per day In the worst moment of the sixth wave, 30,000. He appreciated “these data, which were close to pre-pandemic times.” These numbers, in turn, translate to greater “accessibility”, i.e. Now 93% of calls They respond to the first, while a month ago this happened only in 60% of cases.

Caution at carnivals

In spite of The breath given by the virusThe chancellor urged not to forget the continuation of the pandemic and appealed, in the face of the upcoming celebration of carnivals, to act “with individual wisdom and responsibility.”

“Let’s not throw the bells quickly. Our caution will also cooperate so that Osakidetza can continue to contact people who have undergone pending surgeries,” recalls Sagardui, who asked about the possibility of canceling quarantines and masks indoors, noting that The Basque government will always be guided by expert standardswho are currently calling for these measures to be maintained.

Finally, Sagardui refused to merge the heart surgery services of Basurto y Cruces responds to the goal of “privatizing” this activityHe stressed that the focus responds to the goal of improving service quality. The consultant confirmed that none of the heart operations performed in the two centers will be transferred to private health care with the centralized service in Cruces. Usakiditza will continue to perform “all necessary heart surgeries”. In fact, he specifies that the combination of the two services aims to move towards “excellence,” since the more patients treated in “extremely complex” procedures, the better the result obtained.

Sagardoy has argued that fusion Both services make it possible to reach the annual number of heart operations recommended “at the European level” so that a particular center can achieve the greatest “effectiveness, efficiency and quality”. In turn, he refused that this reorganization “degrades the value” of Basurto Hospital.

virus evolution

Face. The number of patients in the intensive care unit increased from 89 to 60. And the ICU emergency plan is still in phase two, with 374 beds enabled.

Cross. The only black point is the R0 index, which has been rising for several days, despite the fact that it is still below level 1, from which the epidemic is estimated to be expanding.

getting better

89%

The 471 infections recorded on Monday are 89% lower than those recorded three weeks ago (3,731).

all of that

Indications

Hospital stay-52%

Intensive care unit patients-33%

Calls received in AP-60%