Coronavirus The Herttoniemi emergency hospital, established for coronary patients, will continue to operate until the spring

Herttoniemi The operation of the emergency hospital will continue until April-May, the City of Helsinki says in a press release.

Patients with coronary infection are treated at the emergency hospital. Herttoniemi Reserve Hospital was opened on January 10 due to the deteriorating coronavirus situation.

There are currently 29 patients in the emergency hospital.

“Due to the peak of the epidemic at the beginning of the year, clearly more interest rates are needed than, for example, in the spring of 2021,” says the chief physician of Helsinki Hospital. Laura Pikkarainen in the bulletin.

The emergency hospital has one ward that can accommodate 50 patients.

“While the epidemic has improved in many ways, it is not over yet. At the emergency hospital, we are also able to treat some of the patients in other municipalities in Uusimaa, ”says Pikkarainen.

The emergency hospital employs employees of both the City of Helsinki and the Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (Hus).

HS closely monitored the operations of the Herttoniemi emergency hospital for several days at the beginning of February.