Looking to the future, some hospitals warn of increased bed occupancy and staff shortages. In Austrian hospitals, 1,133 normal beds are currently occupied by corona patients. However, the reason for hospitalization is not always the viral illness.
The 1,133 occupied beds in the normal ward are currently not giving any alarm signals. Although a look to the future does not bode well in some states: “We at the Vienna Health Association have observed with care the increase in new corona infections in recent weeks. This increase is also reflected in the increasing number of deposits in our clinics – especially on the area of the normal wards,” says Gabi Eggartner.
In the hospitals of Tyrol, the wastewater monitoring figures in particular provide increased alertness: “They suggest that the number of patients could increase in the coming days/weeks because the virus load in the wastewater has increased by 20 percent.”
Reduction of overtime and old leave
A “worrying increase in patients in the normal wards” is also observed in Salzburg. However, the staff situation in the hospitals is still relaxed: “We currently have no holiday bans for staff. In addition, old vacation days and overtime will be reduced,” said SALK press spokesman Wolfgang Fürweger, speaking of 600,000 plus hours of maintenance alone accumulated as a result of the Delta and Omicron waves.
You can look forward to the coming weeks in Carinthia with confidence. At least in terms of bed occupancy. Primar Rudolf Likar of the Klagenfurt Clinic speaks of Corona as a side effect rather than a problem. He sees that more in the staff: “With the current arrangement, there could be a staff shortage again in the event of a large wave, since testing almost never succeeds after five days out of quarantine.” the quarantine is currently being discussed intensively.
Source: Krone
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