Still "there is no need", but "if necessary", an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) will be created within the CHUA Arena, in Portimão, guaranteed this Monday, February 1st, Ana Castro, president of the Council of Administration of the University Hospital Center of the Algarve (CHUA).
In statements to the Sul Informação, the official said that, for the time being, "there is still capacity to expand" the hospital capacity, without having to resort to CHUA Arena.
According to data from yesterday, February 1, there were 33 patients admitted to the field hospital, with a total capacity of 100.
On his visit, also yesterday, to the Algarve, the Deputy Secretary of State and Health insisted on highlighting the «extraordinary upgrade» what CHUA Arena has done.
“We started with little more than a backup structure for Covid-19 patients with low oxygen flows of 2,3 liters per minute and evolved to situations where high flow is possible, with level 2 patients being treated. », he told journalists.
António Lacerda Sales also alluded to the meeting he had with Ana Castro, where the chairman of the Board of Directors of CHUA assured him that, “as soon as it was necessary, there are certainly fans available to set up a UCI inside the Arena”.
This field hospital was initially set up, to treat patients with less critical situations and has also served to receive people from other regions of the country.
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