Dark Posted April 27, 2020 Posted April 27, 2020 The Ministry of Health reported that, as of April 27, Peru has 773 beds enabled in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for COVID-19 patients nationwide, of which 598 are occupied with patients requiring mechanical ventilation and 175 ICU beds are available. In the situational room of the Ministry of Health, the detail of the ICU beds in use and those available in the health subsystems such as EsSalud, private, Minsa, Regional Government and the Armed and Police Forces are indicated. It should be noted that at the beginning of the State of Emergency, the country had only 100 ICU beds and thanks to the purchase, donation and recovery of equipment, more beds continue to be enabled throughout the country. An ICU bed is one that, in addition to the bed, has a mechanical ventilator, infusion pumps, a monitor and trained and protected healthcare personnel. Five criteria must be met to be counted as an ICU bed. All of the UCI beds, as well as their expansion throughout the country, are in charge of the COVID-19 National Operations Command in coordinated work with the subsystems. 2
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