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2 years, 11 months ago

ICU leader sparks controversy while discussing pandemic effect on youth

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Intensive care leader Diederik Gommers found himself in hot water after participating in an online discussion about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the country’s youth. The intention was not to diminish the impact of the coronavirus and the importance of coronavirus restrictions, he said on Instagram, but to speak rhetorically about the difference between the virus’s health impact on young …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Medical experts concerned more operations to be cancelled due to Omicron

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Medical experts fear the backlog of surgeries will further increase due to the Omicron variant, the Volkskrant reported. "Every month a patient has to wait, the further their sicknesses progresses," chair of the National Association Intensive Care Diederik Gommers said. The effect we see daily: dialysis capacity is reaching its maximum," chair of the internists association Robin Peeters said. Ernst …

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3 years ago

All adults should receive booster vaccine by end January: Gommers, Koopmans

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Members of the Outbreak Management Team Marion Koopmans and Diederik Gommers said the best way to fight the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant is by making sure all adults receive the Covid-19 booster shot as soon as possible. The experts said until more is known about the Omicron variant moving forth with the booster vaccination campaign is essential. "You …

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3 years ago

ICU leader Gommers uninterested in replacing De Jonge as health minister

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Chair of the Dutch Association for Intensive Care, Diederik Gommers, said on the BNR podcast he has no interest in stepping in Health Minister's shoes in the next Cabinet. Recent rumors claimed that Gommers would follow De Jonge, who will no longer be health minister in the new Cabinet, according to the AD. The medical expert said the one aspect …

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3 years ago

Gommers: Hospitals not at code black, but ICUs crowded

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Hospitals have not reached 'code black' in the ICUs, but it is overcrowded, chair of the Dutch Association for Intensive Care Diederik Gommers said. Ten days ago, it was expected that there would be 680 Covid-19 patients in the ICU and according to Gommers, we would have ended up at code black if harsh measures were not taken. But 600 …

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3 years ago

Little know about Omicron variant’s link to serious disease: ICU leader

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Chair of the Dutch Union for intensive care Diederik Gommers said more research needs to be conducted on the connection between the new Omicron coronavirus variant and serious diseases. "It is very serious, but we also do not know many facts," Gommers said in WNL op Zondag. "We know that it is very infectious because it spread rapidly in South …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hard choices needed to prevent months-long lockdown: Outbreak expert

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It is "incredibly important" that the Cabinet dares to make hard choices if the Netherlands is going to get through this winter without a months-long hard lockdown, medical microbiologist and outbreak team member Marc Bonten said to Nieuwsuur. Earlier on Tuesday, Gommers urged the Cabinet to stop arguing about the 2G access policy and start looking at a hard lockdown …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cabinet to decide Friday about tightening coronavirus restrictions

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The Cabinet will decide this Friday whether it will impose a new set of coronavirus restrictions on the Netherlands. Health Minister Hugo de Jonge said that the Outbreak Management Team will hold its next meeting on Wednesday evening, and will provide advice to the Cabinet the following day. He wants to know from the experts what it takes to "force …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hard lockdown, school closure should be considered, says ICU leader Gommers

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In ten days' time, the intensive care units will be at “Code Black”, with hospitals forced to decide which patients they can help, and who must be turned away, said Diederik Gommers during a Tuesday evening committee meeting of Tweede Kamer members. "I think there is now momentum to enact tough measures and to do so as soon as possible," …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Police protection for healthcare workers is needed if code black is reached: Gommers

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Member of the Outbreak Management Team Diederick Gommers said that if the Netherlands announces code black due to rising coronavirus infections, healthcare workers will require police protection. "If we reach code black, then what we saw in Rotterdam is peanuts," Gommers said on Op1. "If the situation gets to the point where there is a shortage of hospital beds and …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Diederik Gommers to leave the Outbreak Management Team

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Diederik Gommers will step down in February as the chair of the Netherlands Association for Intensive Care. In doing so, he will also no longer participate as a member of the Outbreak Management Team. This also happens at the OMT.” In early February, there will be a general meeting of members, and a new NVIC chair will be elected, says …

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3 years, 1 month ago

ICU expert calls for reinstatement of basic Covid measures

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The Cabinet should reimplement the basic measures against the spread of the coronavirus in the press conference scheduled for Tuesday, Diederik Gommers, intensive care doctor and head of the ICU association NVIC, said in the BNR podcast Ask Gommers. According to Gommers, the coronavirus is currently spreading like wildfire because the basic measures no longer apply. The basic measures will …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

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Over seven in 10 people in the Netherlands think the government should bring in specific measures to deal with the number of people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a poll of 28,000 people by television current affairs show EenVandaag. Nevertheless, several members of the government’s Outbreak Management Team have told news website Nu.nl that they do …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

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Over seven in 10 people in the Netherlands think the government should bring in specific measures to deal with the number of people who have not been vaccinated against coronavirus, according to a poll of 28,000 people by television current affairs show EenVandaag. Nevertheless, several members of the government’s Outbreak Management Team have told news website Nu.nl that they do …

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3 years, 1 month ago

De Jonge signals new coronavirus measures, patient numbers rising 'too fast'

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The cabinet will decide next week what measures to bring in to curb the rapid rise in coronavirus patients in the last week. Health minister Hugo de Jonge told NOS that numbers were rising ‘faster and sooner than we expected’, but said the outlook was complicated by the fact that the majority of people in hospital are unvaccinated. ‘It’s just …

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3 years, 1 month ago

De Jonge signals new coronavirus measures, patient numbers rising 'too fast'

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The cabinet will decide next week what measures to bring in to curb the rapid rise in coronavirus patients in the last week. Health minister Hugo de Jonge told NOS that numbers were rising ‘faster and sooner than we expected’, but said the outlook was complicated by the fact that the majority of people in hospital are unvaccinated. ‘It’s just …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

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Hospital bosses have called on the government to step up measures against coronavirus following a surge in patient admissions in recent weeks. Van Harten said possible measures included reimposing the face mask mandate, stricter QR checks to ensure people gathering indoors have been vaccinated or tested negative, or rolling out third vaccine doses faster. The Isala hospital in Zwolle, where …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

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Hospital bosses have called on the government to step up measures against coronavirus following a surge in patient admissions in recent weeks. Van Harten said possible measures included reimposing the face mask mandate, stricter QR checks to ensure people gathering indoors have been vaccinated or tested negative, or rolling out third vaccine doses faster. The Isala hospital in Zwolle, where …

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3 years, 2 months ago

ICU capacity simply can't be scaled up further, Gommers says

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The Dutch intensive care units simply cannot grant the request of caretaker Health Minister Hugo de Jonge to scale up to more than the current maximum of 1,350 ICU beds in the coming winter. Several media reported that the Ministry of Health recently asked intensive care units to consider whether it is possible to increase capacity again if the flow …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Hospitals must get ready for Covid overload the next few months: RIVM

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Dutch hospitals need to be ready if there is a sharp rise of coronavirus cases, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Control Jaap van Dissel and RIVM chief modeler Jacco Wallinga said in an interview with NOS. Van Dissel said the OMT did not see enough reason currently to impose stricter measures. The expected peak is still far enough …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

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Intensive care specialist Diederik Gommers has said the Dutch government opted for the ‘riskiest scenario’ in loosening coronavirus restrictions at the end of September. ‘That’s a contradiction in terms.’ Though positive test numbers have declined since the start of September, there are still around 650 people in hospital with coronavirus and 200 in intensive care, more than three times as …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

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Intensive care specialist Diederik Gommers has said the Dutch government opted for the ‘riskiest scenario’ in loosening coronavirus restrictions at the end of September. ‘That’s a contradiction in terms.’ Though positive test numbers have declined since the start of September, there are still around 650 people in hospital with coronavirus and 200 in intensive care, more than three times as …

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3 years, 3 months ago

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says

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There is no real evidence that the anti-parasite medication Ivermectin is an effective remedy against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, Outbreak Management Team member and ICU doctor Diederik Gommers emphasized in the BNR radio. A few smaller studies have claimed that Ivermectin had a positive effect against the coronavirus, but no major study provided such evidence to support use of the drug. …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Covid is here to stay so more ICU beds are structurally needed , doctors say

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The coronavirus will not disappear completely and will continue to put extra pressure on the intensive care units in Dutch hospitals. The number of ICU beds therefore needs to be structurally increased, the ICU heads and administrators of six large hospitals - including Diederik Gommers of intensive care association NVIC - said to newspaper Trouw. At the end of August, …

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ICU leader sparks controversy while discussing pandemic effect on youth

Medical experts concerned more operations to be cancelled due to Omicron

All adults should receive booster vaccine by end January: Gommers, Koopmans

ICU leader Gommers uninterested in replacing De Jonge as health minister

Gommers: Hospitals not at code black, but ICUs crowded

Little know about Omicron variant’s link to serious disease: ICU leader

Hard choices needed to prevent months-long lockdown: Outbreak expert

Cabinet to decide Friday about tightening coronavirus restrictions

Hard lockdown, school closure should be considered, says ICU leader Gommers

Police protection for healthcare workers is needed if code black is reached: Gommers

Diederik Gommers to leave the Outbreak Management Team

ICU expert calls for reinstatement of basic Covid measures

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

Patience is running out: Seven in 10 back specific rules for the unvaccinated

De Jonge signals new coronavirus measures, patient numbers rising 'too fast'

De Jonge signals new coronavirus measures, patient numbers rising 'too fast'

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

Hospitals call for new pandemic measures as coronavirus admissions rise

ICU capacity simply can't be scaled up further, Gommers says

Hospitals must get ready for Covid overload the next few months: RIVM

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

Gommers warns of 'riskiest scenario' for relaxing coronavirus rules

No reliable evidence deworming meds can treat coronavirus, ICU expert says

Covid is here to stay so more ICU beds are structurally needed , doctors say