With the high demand for the occupation of Intensive Care Units, Cuiabá has no ICUs for general care. The only beds available are for patients affected by covid-19.
Information from the Municipal Health Department (SMS) realizes that the capacity of ICUs in the Capital is a situation that has been verified for days.
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Altogether, Cuiabá has 144 general-purpose ICUs, which are distributed for care in the General Hospital, Cancer Hospital, Santa Helena Hospital, Júlio Muller University Hospital and HMC.
Some of these units also serve specialties, such as coronary care, cancer patients, pediatrics and neonatal care.
In a note released this Wednesday (19), SMS highlighted that the scenario of bed exhaustion is named by the medical literature as a “syndemic”.
In view of the In this situation, the city government informed that it seeks to open 30 new ICU beds at Hospital São Benedito in the next few days. s. Through the statement, the Executive highlighted that the Capital meets a greater demand than that of the municipality, since it receives patients from other cities.
See the note in full below:
“The Municipal Health Department (SMS) informs that it has 144 beds of general ICU agreed in the following high complexity units: General Hospital, Cancer Hospital, Santa Helena Hospital, Júlio Muller University Hospital and HMC.
Part of these beds are dedicated to some specialties, such as coronary care, cancer, pediatrics and neonatal. It is also worth noting that the HMC is a reference for neurology and orthopedics.
This Wednesday (19), all beds are occupied, a reflection of what the literature calls of “syndemic”, that is, they reflect the scenario of increased demand not only from covid-19, but also from other pathologies, which, due to restrictions in health care, adopts as a way to avoid contagion by the coronavirus or who stopped seeking the service for fear of contamination, had their health conditions worsened, putting pressure on the health system.
In response to this situation, the Municipal Health Department informs that it has prepared the reopening of 30 more general ICU beds at São Benedito Hospital, which should take place in the next few days.
It is worth noting that the Municipality of Cuiabá is a reference for the entire state and offers assistance in high complexity not only for its citizens, but patients from all regions of Mato Grosso.
The SMS management has also demanded from the State the opening of new beds in the Regional Hospitals, since such a measure would guarantee better assistance to SUS users and relieve the municipal health system.”
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