As expected, São Paulo has already begun to suffer from a lack of beds. Since the first case of coronavirus arrived in Brazil on February 26, the government has been preparing to avoid complete collapse, but it seems that the country has a high chance of being worse off than other countries.
The information below that we will pass on to you is in accordance with the health secretariat from Sao Paulo.
Official bulletins from February show that 12 cities in the metropolitan region of São Paulo do not have any adult ICU beds in the public or private networks. Four major cities in the state do not have beds or ward beds. In total, the municipalities have a population of 825,000 inhabitants, 364 confirmed cases and 33 deaths from Covid-19.
The reports from the secretary's official bulletins also show that of the 39 cities that make up the metropolitan region of São Paulo, 12 do not have any adult ICU beds, either in the public or private system.
São Paulo beds are important for treatment.
Main cities that do not have beds: Biritiba-Mirim, Embu das Artes, Embu-Guaçu, Jandira, Juquitiba, Mairiporã, Pirapora do Bom Jesus, Rio Grande da Serra, Salesópolis, Santana de Parnaíba, São Lourenço da Serra and Vargem Grande Paulista.
Another important piece of information is that the 12 cities have a combined population of almost 1 million, according to the IBGE, and 364 cases of coronavirus, according to data from the State Health Department. These cities have already had 33 deaths recorded through laboratory tests – in two of them, all confirmed cases of Covid-19 are deaths.
The government has already confirmed that the ICUs available in the cities of Greater São Paulo that have them are already reaching maximum capacity. This Wednesday (29) the occupancy rate of this type of bed reached 85.1% in the metropolitan region and the coordinator of the state Center for Disease Control (CCD).
Cities in Greater SP without ICU
Among the cities in Greater SP without an ICU, four (Biritiba-Mirim, Rio Grande da Serra, São Lourenço da Serra, Pirapora do Bom Jesus) also do not have ward beds.
The Emílio Ribas Institute, which is a reference in infectious diseases in the country, said that not every city needs to have intensive care beds, but the centralization of the health system can increase the lethality of the coronavirus.
In a statement to the G1 portal this week, Emílio Ribas said:
“Covid-19 patients can develop very quickly, so care for them must be close by, there must be good referral logistics and the health system must be capillary; it cannot be centralized in the capital.”
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Source: G1 News Sao Paulo