Six cases of coronavirus confirmed in the Pokrovskoye hospital in St. Petersburg

Six cases of coronavirus infection were confirmed in the Pokrovsky hospital in St. Petersburg, the city health committee said . Earlier, the authorities stated that there were no patients with suspected infection in the hospital.

Quarantine was introduced in three departments of the hospital. According to officials, about 1000 biological protection costumes were sent to the hospital.

Doctors of the Pokrovsky hospital in St. Petersburg openly declared a lack of protective equipment. They recorded a video message where they said that patients with pneumonia were brought to the hospital, including suspicion of coronavirus. According to doctors, the institution is not ready for new patients: the hospital does not have oxygen necessary for patients with pneumonia, and also lacks protective equipment. The head physician of the hospital Marina Bakholdina called the words of the staff by untrue.

The fact that the three departments were closed to quarantine, North. Reali was previously told by one of the doctors who asked for anonymity. This happened after patients were brought to the hospital in whom the Covid-19 was found.

"The administration [of the hospital must] take the courage not to hide the head in the sand, but to recognize the problems with the supply, with the lack of PPE [personal protective equipment], filters for IVL, gloves, consumables. And the city administration [should] demand from the leaders of the hospitals of truth, no matter how unsightly. Unfortunately, it is on the ground that the scale of the problem has hidden," the medicine commented on the situation with the coronavirus In the hospital, ”said the north. Reali.

Pokrovskaya Hospital - the fifth medical institution in St. Petersburg, which was quarantined due to the detection of coronavirus in patients. Previously, quarantine was introduced in the Alexander Hospital, maternity hospital No. 16, Vvedensky Hospital and Hospital of St. George.

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