Hospital in Syria’s Damascus sets conditions for accepting coronavirus patients
DAMASCUS, Syria (North Press) – On Thursday, the director of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent Hospital, Maher Haddad, stipulated a decrease in the oxygenation rate of coronavirus patients to less than 88% and a decrease in blood pressure to accept them in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
“The patient’s admission to the ICU is done in case the oxygen level in blood is less than 88%, and their his/her case does not respond to oxygen support, with a decrease in blood pressure,” SANA quoted Haddad saying.
State-owned hospitals in Damascus are witnessing great overcrowding with coronavirus patients, in light of these hospitals inability to receive new patients, according to a previous statement by a member of the advisory team to confront coronavirus, Dr. Nabugh al-Awa.
On March 31, the Media Office of the Syrian Ministry of Health announced that 11 deaths and 134 new cases of coronavirus infections were recorded in the government-held areas.
Recently, the Syrian government-held areas have witnessed a remarkable increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus, amid warnings of the collapse of the health system in those areas.
Most of the new infections are in Damascus with 50 infections and Rif Dimashq with 29, while 13 infections were recorded in Latakia, 12 in Tartus, and 11 in Aleppo.
The rest of the infections were eight cases in Homs, six in Quneitra, three cases in Daraa, and two in Deir ez-Zor.
The media office also announced the recovery of 121 cases.
With the announcement of these new cases, the number of people infected with coronavirus in the Syrian government-held areas, has reached about 18,909 confirmed cases, including 1,265 deaths and 12,731 recoveries.