Intensive care medicine

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She wanted to play the piano. Six months after the deadly train crash at Tempe, she had just returned home. However, her fingers refused to bend to touch the keys. Even now, despite improvements in her mobility, the lingering effects of the injuries and the prolonged stay in intensive care persist.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced that the significantly high patient density in intensive care units (ICUs), which was observed at the beginning of the month, has returned to normal levels.

Hospitals in Sofia are facing a crisis as they turn away emergency patients due to a severe shortage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds. The alarming issue came to light during a forum discussing the challenges within Bulgaria's healthcare system, where a nurse from the Sofia Emergency Service shed light on the dire situation.

Health Minister Fahrettin Koca reported an increase in nationwide intensive care unit occupancy rates compared to the previous year, noting an overall 72 percent rate across Türkiye but a heightened 83 percent rate in Istanbul.

At least 200 to 300 patients are admitted to intensive care units in Istanbul daily as cold weather exacerbates viral infections, leading to a serious shortage of beds, experts warn, calling for enhanced health care resources and vaccination efforts to combat the surge.

A 17-year-old student who suffered an allergic shock during a school trip to Crete is brain dead, a local news website reported on Tuesday.

A 31-year-old police officer injured with a naval flare during a confrontation with volleyball hooligans on Thursday night remains in critical condition, the Nikaia General State Hospital where he is being treated said on Saturday.

Deputy Director of the Infectious Disease Clinic, whom we often heard during the coronavirus pandemic, points out for Blic that doctors have long been warning about the inadequate use of antibiotics. Buying these drugs without a prescription has put everyone at risk, experts say, and has become one of the biggest global problems.

The condition of the 8-year-old child, struck by lightning last night in Burgas, remains critical. He was placed in the department of anesthesiology and intensive care at the regional university hospital.