The government of Santa Catarina today declared a health emergency. According to the statement, the decision was made due to overcrowding in hospitals and the overloading of the system due to the increase in the number of cases of respiratory illnesses in the state. The decree will be valid for 90 days.
“The emergency situation puts us in an easier condition for the acquisition of goods and services such as, for example, the rental of pediatric beds in the private network, which is also overloaded”, explained the governor of the state , Carlos Moisés.
According to the state Department of Health, the opening of 10 intensive care beds (intensive care units) for adults, six neonatal intensive care beds and eight more pediatric intermediate care beds are planned for the next few days. . In addition, an agreement has been established to open 77 beds in stages.
In addition, the government has also put in place a simplified process to support municipal entities and philanthropic and non-profit entities, which participate in a complementary way in the SUS (Unified Health System). It will also be transmitted, in a unique way and proportional to the number of inhabitants, values to support the fight against respiratory diseases.
The idea is for cities to extend the opening hours of primary care units, as well as to strengthen vaccination strategies, which should include an active population search.
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