Healthcare sector strategy to extend bed occupancy for coronavirus patients in the north

The hospital expansion includes the conversion of 668 beds in November to the five entities’ social security hospitals, explained Dr. Víctor Hugo Borja.

The hospital expansion includes the conversion of 668 beds in November to the five entities’ social security hospitals, explained Dr. Víctor Hugo Borja.

With the aim of strengthening the hospital infrastructure and the care of patients with COVID-19 in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León and Querétaro, the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS) presented an assistance plan with specific actions for each state.

In a press conference, the general manager, Maestro Zoé Robledo, pointed out that in these states there is a bed occupation of more than 50 percent, therefore, “the medical team led by Dr. Víctor Hugo Borja was in these entities, both with IMSS representatives, hospital directors and the rest of the sector, with very important coordinated and shared work “.

For his part, the director of medical benefits of the IMSS, Víctor Hugo Borja Aburto, explained that the IMSS has more than 16 thousand beds for patients with COVID-19 across the country, of which 5,910 are employed, “which represents 40% of the beds nationwide”.

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ISHe explained that a common strategy has been established for the five states, which consists of increasing the hospital conversion of the Social Security with the aim of having 668 additional beds. in this month; Extraordinary medical equipment, staffing, require volunteer health personnel to go to hospitals where they are most needed, outside their state.

In addition, he said the agreement for the surrogacy of services for non-COVID-19 patients in private hospitals will be continued to dedicate IMSS spaces to people with the disease.

He also commented that by joining the framework agreement for the exchange and care of critically ill patients with COVID-19, more than 30,000 non-beneficiaries have been treated.

He pointed out that the hospital occupancy rate for Chihuahua is 91.6%, meaning there are 608 hospitalized patients in the 668 available beds, and the number was not exceeded “because we have devised strategies to increase availability for patients who request it”.

“Yesterday 15 doctors and nurses from other IMSS entities arrived as volunteers and tomorrow another brigade will arrive to help, because when we increase the number of beds, we also have to increase the specialized staff to provide assistance, in addition to the equipment, “he said.

The director of medical benefits of the IMSS pointed out that for the institution the Institute of Health for Welfare (INSABI) has facilitated the shipment of 50 Mexican ventilators developed by Conacyt, and the Social Security Center of the capital is adapted to have 30 beds for Internal Medicine and 30 beds for Surgery.

He pointed out that the contract for private medical services, hospital treatment at the Chihuahua Outpatient Medical Unit and the release of hospitalization spaces at the Regional General Hospital No. 1 will allow more beds.

In the case of Nuevo León, the temporary annex of the Hospital General de Zona (HGZ) no. 67 will continue; treatment in Medical Units of High Specialty for diseases corresponding to the second level; subrogation of private medical services to non-COVID patients and signing of the interinstitutional contract with the Secretary of State for Health for non-COVID patients statewide.

On the other hand, Víctor Hugo Borja said that for Durango the hospital’s expansion projects include the care of obstetric patients in the local DIF; adaptation of beds in Union structures; inclusion of the General Hospital in sub-area n. 2 to COVID treatment; expansion of non-COVID services in the area of ​​currently unoccupied linear accelerators and contractualization of private medical services.

I have noticed it Additional beds will be added in Querétaro for the treatment of the disease with private medical services contract in surgery and obstetrics, and hospital care in the Outpatient Medical Unit for surgical services with hospitalization, the latter to free up places in the General Hospital of Zone n. 1.

In Coahuila, he said, a temporary hospital will be built in Saltillo, hiring retired doctors to increase the care of non-COVID patients and thus support the area’s general hospital with family medicine No. 7 of Monclova; in addition to the contracting of surrogate medical services.

The Outpatient Care Medical Unit No. 89 will also be used for hospital surgical services; 12 beds will be assigned for the care of patients at the Rural Hospital n. 33 of IMSS-BIENESTAR, and the Family Medicine Unit n. 88 in Ramos Arizpe will be used for surgical medical treatment and patient recovery.

The director of medical services added that in Aguascalientes and Hidalgo the hospital occupancy is over 50%, so the IMSS director general instructed the central medical team to visit these entities in order to implement the strategies. in a focused way.

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