Intensive care unit

Hatay hospital manager defiant over lives lost in ICU

Following allegations that patients in the intensive care unit of Private Defne Hospital in the southern province of Hatay were left to fate after the deadly earthquakes struck last month, the manager of the hospital has said they tried to do their best to save them but were unable to, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Daily coronavirus count persists at over 2,000

Ljubljana – Slovenia logged 2,402 new coronavirus cases for Wednesday, around 130 fewer than on Tuesday but around 350 more than on Wednesday last week, shows latest Health Ministry data. Three persons died, while there were no major changes in the number of Covid patients in hospitals. The number of active cases is estimated at 23,421, up by 851 on the day before.

COVID patients in intensive care declining, says expert

The number of patients being treated for COVID-19 in hospitals' intensive care units (ICU) has been declining in Turkey, an expert has said, citing the vaccinations as the main reason for the improvement in the situation.

In line with fewer patients, intensive care occupancy in hospitals has dropped to the lowest level since the start of the pandemic.

Battle royal between government, SYRIZA over ‘VIP ICU beds’ charges

A battle royal has broken out between the government and main opposition SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras over the charges of the president of the Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers, Michalis Giannakos, that some hospital beds have been set aside for VIPs, even as other intubated COVID-19 patients are being treated outside ICUs, waiting their turn on the prioritised waiting lists.

Plevris says Public Hospital Workers’ Federation charges of ICU beds for VIPs fake news, seeks prosecutor’s probe

Health Minister Thanos Plevris today filed with Supreme Court Prosecutor Vasilis Pliotas a report regarding what he views as punishable criminal acts by POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Public Hospital Workers) President Michalis Giannakos, who alleged that ICU beds are set aside for VIPs by circumventing the prioritised state waiting list.

Government denies claims of hospital doctors, healthcare workers that ICU beds are set aside for VIPs

The charges made by POEDIN (Panhellenic Federation of Hospital Workers) President Michalis Giannakos and the president of OENGE (Federation of Greek Hospital Doctors' Associations) Panagiotis Papanikolaou regarding ICU beds allegedly being set aside for VIPS - the wealthy, the powerful, and the well-connected - have stirred a political maelstrom.

A Bulgarian with COVID-19 Jumped from Terrace of Intensive Care Unit in Blagoevgrad Hospital

A 60-year-old man, accommodated in the intensive care unit with COVID-19, jumped from the balcony. Fortunately, he was not injured, the BGNES correspondent in Blagoevgrad reported.

The incident happened at 02.30 tonight. The man, who entered with his wife a few days ago, removed the oxygen mask, left the ward and jumped from the balcony.

Bulgaria: Head of COVID Resuscitation Area: Out of 10 People, only 1 Patient is Discharged

The head of COVID resuscitation at the University Hospital "Medica-Ruse" Dr. Milen Shopov showed on the air of "Hello, Bulgaria" what is the situation in his ward. He said that only one resuscitation bed was available and 46 were used by patients. None of them had been vaccinated.

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