The Urgency and Emergencies in Fight Platform has warned on its social networks about the collapse situation in the Emergency Room of the La Paz University Hospital. Through their account on X (formerly Twitter), they denounce that there are 40 patients for 30 available bedsand they mention the case of an elderly woman located in an extra bed in the hallway.
Gloria Hernandeza worker at the La Paz Hospital Emergency Service, stated in statements to Public that the situation in the center is “unsustainable.” As he explains, although the respiratory infection season has not yet begunhealth personnel are already at their limit. Hernanz says that this Thursday afternoon Emergency Room 3, designed for 32 beds, exceeded its capacity by housing 46 patients, which forced to place some in the hallways. Besides, denounces the lack of personnel in Nursing and TCAEs.
For their part, sources of the Ministry of Health of Madrid They tell this newspaper that the situation at the La Paz hospital is within “normal, usual and correct” for a center of those dimensions. As they explain, “at this moment there are 35 patients pending admission, of which 15 already have an assigned bed and the rest will be relocated throughout the day.” The same sources emphasize that it is ““normal and usual figures in the day-to-day life” of the hospital.
Guillén del Barrioemergency nurse at La Paz Hospital and union delegate of the Assembly Movement of Workers (Mats), ironically comments on the statements of the Ministry of Health, describing them as “wonderful.” “That’s exactly the problem: that it becomes ‘normal and habitual’ to have patients in the hallways several times a week,” he points out. Del Barrio concludes that, although the situation at 8:00 a.m. is usually the most controlled of the day, The busiest moments are generally experienced around 6:00 p.m..
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