Tireless staff at the Referral Hospital continue to fight on the front lines against the invisible enemy as the number of people being treated increases day by day at a worrying rate. The Intensive Care Unit of the Reference Hospital is now overcrowded with the concern of doctors and nursing staff hitting red.
In his intervention in ANT1 News, the Specialist Physician and coordinator of the Doctors for the coronavirus at the General Hospital of Famagusta, Christos Kypris, rings the alarm bell saying that it is a matter of time for the hospital to be filled with only twenty patients left. coronavirus.
Then Dr. Kypris emphasizes that in his many years of experience he has never encountered such a large number of patients while he clarifies that seasonal flu can in no way be compared with the coronavirus, which is much more aggressive and affects the respiratory system to a greater extent. system of the human body.
"Personally, as a doctor, I first encountered so many pneumonias, some of them severe with oxygen needs and others milder. I do not think that seasonal flu can be compared to a pandemic. "Things are much worse, unfortunately," said the expert.
Then he added that "I do not think any colleague has faced a similar situation again. We are talking about a very aggressive virus for our respiratory system. "There is no reason to compare these two diseases."
However, Dr. Kypris said that the situation at the moment is at a much better level than it was in the first wave of the pandemic. There have been several extensive studies, there are drugs that can greatly help patients with coronavirus and it is quite important that doctors, staff and the world itself has gained experience with the pandemic and knows how to handle it.
At this point he made a special reference to the staff of the Reference Hospital stating that the General Hospital of Famagusta has been treating patients with coronavirus for 8 months with the medical and staff staff standing up to the circumstances.
"Of course we are under pressure, but we are not entitled to reach our limits, we are not entitled to get tired. "We have to give our all, we have to go beyond ourselves to fight this pandemic," he said.
In closing, Dr. Kypris stated that the General Hospital of Famagusta has been treating patients with coronavirus for 8 months and the staff of the hospital stood up to the circumstances.
"Of course we are under pressure, but we are not entitled to reach our limits, we are not entitled to get tired. "We have to give our all, we have to go beyond ourselves to fight this pandemic," he said.
Source: Ant1