Covid-19 in Mexico: which hospitals are saturated by infected patients? – The Sun of Mexico

Until January 12 of this year, 16 hospitals registered 100 percent occupancy of general hospitalization beds with patients infected with Covid-19, reported the SARI (Serious Acute Respiratory Infection) Network Information System.

The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that “the coronavirus continues to mutate and kill,” so we should not let our guard down.

In the last months of 2023, a new variant of coronavirus was recorded, JN.1., which is transmitted more easily because it is more resistant to the immune system of the people who contract it.

Which hospitals are saturated by Covid-19?

The hospitals with their capacity at capacity are: Ixmiquilpan, in Hidalgo; HGZ 21 Tepatitlán, in Jalisco; Private Hospital of Hermosillo SA de CV Cima, in Sonora; HES 71 Torreón, in Coahuila; San Diego de la Unión Community Hospital, in Guanajuato; Plan de Arroyos, in Veracruz; Pátzcuaro General Hospital, in Michoacán; Tulancingo General Hospital, in Hidalgo.

Likewise, the State General Hospital “Dr. Ernesto Ramos Bours”, in Sonora; Pochutla General Hospital, in Oaxaca; ISSSTE Pátzcuaro, in Michoacán; the General Hospital of Pediatric Specialties of León; Guanajuato; Villa Sola Vega Community Hospital and the “Aurelio Valdivieso” General Hospital of Oaxaca, both in Oaxaca; the General Hospital “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, in Mexico City; and IMSS Specialty Hospital in Puebla.

Meanwhile, the Morelia Hospital registers an occupancy of general hospital beds at 94 percent and “Dr. Aquiles Calles Ramírez” and the Centenario Hospital “Miguel Hidalgo” at 70 percent.

Regarding the occupancy of beds with ventilators, three hospitals register 100 percent of their capacity.

This is the General Hospital “Dr. Manuel Gea González”, Hospital General del Valle del Mezquital Ixmiquilpan and the General Hospital of Tulancingo.

The Hospital “Dr. Aquiles Calles Ramírez” registers 67 percent of its bed capacity with ventilators and the Centenario Hospital “Miguel Hidalgo” has 50 percent.

Between the first and second week of 2024, both the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the United States have recommended resuming the use of face masks or masks in closed spaces, especially in hospitals and clinics after the increase in patients with Covid-19 or other respiratory diseases

Although it is true that currently the impact of the coronavirus has decreased, health authorities have urged different governments to take other measures such as reinforcements in vaccination so that cases do not escalate, which in most countries is no longer possible. they report.

||With information from EFE||

2024-01-14 01:11:07
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