Hospitals are gradually preparing for more patients with COVID-19 (coronavirus) disease. Gradually, some departments convert into so-called red pavilions. In the most crisis scenario, the whole the healthcare facility will be transformed into a "COVID hospital."
The Ministry of Health is working on a gradual strategy reprofiling beds or compartments in so-called red pavilions.The current situation is sufficient for Slovakia. We have dozens left. beds in current infectious departments, but we need to think ahead and be Ready. Therefore we start at the largest University Hospital Bratislava, which has prepared a reprofilation plan, adapting it to the current Status, said Minister of Health of the SR Marek Krajčí.
With an increase in the number of patients with COVID-19 required hospitalisation, selected departments will gradually be converted to red zones. Currently it is possible to convert nearly 4 000 beds. – A priori we want to focus on reprofiling hospital beds, and then they would come in where necessary, the premises of other facilities, such as baths; or other premises, explains Head of the health department.
The Ministry of Health is also thinking about protecting people. who have no coronavirus. We need to ensure that women can to give birth to safe hygiene conditions, as well as cancer patients, have a safe environment for their treatment and have also been fulfilled conditions the provision of healthcare in the field of trauma. Even if In practice, therefore, the significant increase in coronavirus patients will be to operate hospitals and specialised institutes for people not infected with coronavirus,explained Minister of Health of the SR Marek Krajčí.
In Slovakia according to the Institute of Health Policy of the Slovak Republic total 31 300 beds. There are almost 500 of them in hospitals in infectious wards. Nearly 4000 beds can be reprofiled immediately if necessary for patients COVID-19 (coronavirus) disease