Dark Posted May 18, 2020 Posted May 18, 2020 (edited) In the midst of the state of emergency that we are living in the country due to the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the president of the Peruvian Society of Intensive Medicine (Sopemi), Jesús Valverde, revealed that doctors are no longer allowing the admission of older adults to the Intensive Care Units (ICU) of hospitals, because they have a low prognosis for recovery compared to a young adult who is infected with this virus. “We are no longer receiving older adults in the Intensive Care Unit. (...) There is a list of patients waiting to enter the ICU. We are preferring people who have a better prognosis. We don't have to hide it, ”he explained in an interview to RPP Noticias. Along these lines, Valverde pointed out that unfortunately older adults do not have a better prognosis compared to COVID-19. "Doctors have to fight for each life, but we are in a selection phase. That is the truth," he added. At another time, he referred to the recent statements of President Martín Vizcarra, who assured that Peru has already reached the plateau of infections. "We do not have mathematical calculations, but daily cases. If you ask me to compare for two weeks, we are still worse. We have more patients, more patients in general medicine, more patients in the ICU. I see an ascent, I don't see a plateau. The hospitals are collapsed and I do not see that we have reached a level, "he said. Last Friday, Valverde resigned from the Committee of Experts of the Ministry of Health (Minsa) in rejection of the management of the biomedical team of the Dos de Mayo Hospital and the statements of the head of the sector, Víctor Zamora, who maintained that “all medical professionals are equal of citizens than the rest ”. Edited May 19, 2020 by YaKuZa--BoSs Closed Topic/complete 1 day. 1
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