Due to congestion: In Dornbirn and Bregenz, two of the six operating theaters have already been closed. More and more corona patients have to go to the hospital, beds and staff are slowly becoming scarce.
“In Feldkirch, operating room capacities will be reduced by 25 percent in the coming days,” announced Gerald Fleisch, managing director of the hospital operating company on Tuesday. Even the influenza patients and the accident victims ensure a high basic occupancy rate in the hospitals – in combination with 115 corona patients, the beds are becoming increasingly scarce. 22 people infected with the SARS-CoV2 virus currently need one of 68 intensive care beds. Thirty of these beds are still free, but the staff is slowly reaching the limit. 103 employees were absent at the beginning of the week due to a corona infection, and another 16 are in quarantine. Fleisch took the opportunity to once again advertise the vaccination against the virus – this is also in the interests of the employees, who are now extremely challenged for the fourth time. “The vaccination is the new applause,” said the hospital boss. The state side decided to continue the vaccination days. These went on for the first time from November 11 to 21. Of the 50,000 available vaccination appointments, 49,951 were in About two thirds of the vaccines were needed for booster vaccinations, and around 10,300 Vorarlbergers picked up their first Piks. For Health Councilor Martina Rüscher a decent result, which she wants to build on as soon as possible. “Every vaccination given before Christmas helps us, to be able to cope better with the situation in January and February. ”Accordingly, the vaccination lines in Nenzing and Bregenz are constantly being expanded The approval of a vaccine for children between the ages of five and eleven is urgently expected in Vorarlberg ears. Because especially in the past few weeks, the number of new infections in the age group of 0 to 15 year olds has increased extremely. “Three weeks ago, only 19 percent of all new cases were due to this age group, now it is 33 percent,” said state medical director Wolfgang Grabher. Particularly noteworthy in this context: The 0 to 15-year-olds make up just 17 percent of the population in the state. From the coming weekend, there will be opportunities especially for children. “Longer times are planned for the offers so that we can better respond to the children and their special questions.”
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