Case fatality fee on account of COVID in Cyprus is at 0,46% whereas the healthcare value for the pandemic hit 100 million euro, in keeping with Christis Loizides, Govt Head of State Well being Companies Group (SHSO).
Talking throughout a press convention on Tuesday, Loizides mentioned that for the reason that pandemic broke out, greater than 6,000 sufferers have been hospitalized, of whom 600 in ICUs.
He mentioned that SHSO in a brief time period needed to restate its infrastructure and to put in greater than 300 beds in COVID wards together with ACUs and to employees 65 new ICUs for COVID.
Loizides mentioned that in simply 28 days a brand new ICU in Nicosia Basic Hospital was arrange and the ICU at Famagusta Reference Hospital was prolonged.
He referred to an motion plan for the event of greater than 300 beds in COVID wards in all hospitals throughout the island and 65 within the ICUs and reassured that the Group stays in excessive alert to face all challenges.
In response to Loizides since January 2019, SHSO employed 1,022 folks, 245 medical doctors and 371 nurses. The remainder are administrative employees and paramedical personnel.
There are at present 767 medical doctors at SHSO and three,555 nurses, the most important variety of nurses the nation ever had in SHSO infrastructure. This quantities to 72% of all nurses on the island.
SHSO Govt Head additionally referred to the plans for additional modernization of the general public hospitals and the setup of latest models, such because the hemodialysis unit at Paphos Hospital, the brand new Athalassa Hospital, the MRI unit at Limassol Hospital and the brand new thalassemia unit at Makario Hospital.
He mentioned that the overall quantity for brand new tasks the subsequent three years is at 200 mln.
He referred to points associated to higher companies to sufferers, saying that lots has been completed and that there’s a marketing strategy for the fiscal autonomy of the Group, the digitalization of the sufferers` recordsdata and the net appointments. Loizides mentioned nevertheless that the hospitals can’t shut at 3 within the afternoon and that that is an outdated observe that should change.