On March 16 last year, the Famagusta General Hospital was evacuated for the first time, so that the wards can serve the treatment of patients with coronavirus.
Today's vertical increase in the number of patients, the number of which breaks every record since March 11 and its opening as a Reference Hospital until today, has an impact on the operation of the hospital, as according to yesterday's statements by the Minister of Health, in In case of an increase in cases and the need for hospitalization, a total of 88 beds of Famagusta Hospital will be evacuated to serve exclusively patients with coronavirus.
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What changes in case of evacuation
On March 17 last year, despite the evacuation of the Famagusta Hospital, the Accident and Emergency Department, as well as the Hemodialysis Unit, continued their operation.
In a statement, the Famagusta General Hospital stated that all scheduled appointments at the Outpatient Clinics, the Radiology Department and the Physiotherapy Department were postponed for a specified period.
The Accident and Emergency Department, the Hemodialysis Unit, the Hospital Laboratory and the Pharmacy continued their normal operation.
Patients who have symptoms of the coronavirus and have been referred since 1420 to the Infectious Diseases Clinic in the basement of the General Hospital. Famagusta to take a sample, they come to this doctor's office from the entrance bar that leads directly to the basement (before the First Aid).
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