Doctors argue for 'seasonal staff' in hospitals
4 years ago

Doctors argue for 'seasonal staff' in hospitals

NL Times  

Due to coronavirus, it will remain busy in Dutch hospitals in the coming years, especially during the winter. That is why they want to employ special “winter staff.” “The wave won’t be as big as it is now, but corona will return in the winter,” says Hans Kuijsten, intensive care doctor at the Elisabeth-TweeSteden Hospital in Tilburg. “You have to go to seasonal workers in healthcare.” Kuijsten is arguing for a system in which hospitals have ‘reserve’ staff members who can work on the intensive care in the winter. For that, you need a flexible layer of staff that also has n IC basis.” “Every flu season, the hospital actually has a small crisis,” says Simone Gielen, medical leader of acute and intensive care at Hospital Bernhoven in Uden. Of course, there will be a vaccine, but we don’t yet know how well it works, for whom and what it does to the spread of the virus.” Van der Voort also calls a recurring winter wave “a real scenario.” “It will also depend on the vaccination coverage.

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Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention
2 years, 6 months ago

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention

Dutch News  

Health minister Ernst Kuipers has said increasing intensive care capacity is not the way to tackle a potential new wave of coronavirus infections later in the year. In an interview with Nieuwsuur, Kuipers said there was a ‘high’ chance of the virus returning, but social and business sectors and individuals shared the responsibility for keeping infections under control. If the …

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention
2 years, 6 months ago

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention

Dutch News  

Health minister Ernst Kuipers has said increasing intensive care capacity is not the way to tackle a potential new wave of coronavirus infections later in the year. In an interview with Nieuwsuur, Kuipers said there was a ‘high’ chance of the virus returning, but social and business sectors and individuals shared the responsibility for keeping infections under control. If the …

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave
2 years, 7 months ago

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to step up its preparations for a new wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn or risk another lockdown, experts have warned. Administrators said there was a lack of urgency among policymakers to fix problems, such as a shortage of intensive care beds, that hampered the Dutch pandemic response in the last two years. ‘We have fewer …

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave
2 years, 7 months ago

'New lockdowns loom' if government fails to anticipate autumn corona wave

Dutch News  

The Netherlands needs to step up its preparations for a new wave of coronavirus infections in the autumn or risk another lockdown, experts have warned. Administrators said there was a lack of urgency among policymakers to fix problems, such as a shortage of intensive care beds, that hampered the Dutch pandemic response in the last two years. ‘We have fewer …

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'
2 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is poorly prepared for a new surge in coronavirus infections in the autumn because of failures to put basic safety measures in place such as ventilation in schools, health experts have warned. ‘Covid care isn’t rocket science,’ Armand Girbes, head of intensive care at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital.’ It’s more efficient to concentrate healthcare rather than implement it …

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'
2 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands 'needs to step up preparations for autumn Covid outbreak'

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is poorly prepared for a new surge in coronavirus infections in the autumn because of failures to put basic safety measures in place such as ventilation in schools, health experts have warned. ‘Covid care isn’t rocket science,’ Armand Girbes, head of intensive care at Amsterdam’s UMC teaching hospital.’ It’s more efficient to concentrate healthcare rather than implement it …

Seasonal diseases on rise, hospitals chock-a-block
2 years, 11 months ago

Seasonal diseases on rise, hospitals chock-a-block

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Even as the Covid-19 cases are surging in the state by each passing day, seasonal diseases like viral fevers, coughs and cold are adding to the existing miseries of people. The hospital superintendent urged the patients who are Coronavirus positive with mild symptoms not to come to the hospital, but to stay home and get treated. This Omicron variant …

Dutch Covid hospitalizations near 10-week low
2 years, 11 months ago

Dutch Covid hospitalizations near 10-week low

NL Times  

Despite the explosive rise in new coronavirus infections that started just after Christmas, hospitalizations due to Covid-19 have continued to fall. About 995 people were admitted into care since last weekend, 20 percent lower than a week ago. The LCPS said that 131 people were admitted between Thursday and Friday afternoon, including 16 intensive care patients. Members of the Outbreak …

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf
3 years ago

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

The cabinet and a group of 150 people from the cultural, sports, hospitality and other sectors are working to devise a long term plan for living with coronavirus, the Telegraaf said on Thursday. That means, the paper said, family reunions in the summer, low key theatre shows in winter and education at home during lockdowns. This week 150 people from …

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf
3 years ago

Government is working on long term plan for living with coronavirus: Telegraaf

Dutch News  

The cabinet and a group of 150 people from the cultural, sports, hospitality and other sectors are working to devise a long term plan for living with coronavirus, the Telegraaf said on Thursday. That means, the paper said, family reunions in the summer, low key theatre shows in winter and education at home during lockdowns. This week 150 people from …

Dutch evening lockdown will likely be extended into 2022: Report
3 years ago

Dutch evening lockdown will likely be extended into 2022: Report

NL Times  

The current slate of coronavirus restrictions will be extended at least until January 1, sources close to the Cabinet told NOS. The decision to extend the evening lockdown was based on advice from the Outbreak Management Team, which was discussed by several Cabinet members on Sunday afternoon. Additionally, there will be no change to the maximum number of household guests …

Health chief does not expect winter curfews despite coronavirus case rise
3 years, 2 months ago

Health chief does not expect winter curfews despite coronavirus case rise

Dutch News  

New shop and school closures, or a curfew, are not likely to be imposed in the Netherlands this winter, despite the surge in new coronavirus cases, Jaap van Dissel, head of the government’s Outbreak Management Team, has told the AD in an interview. Thanks to vaccination, the Netherlands is in a ‘different situation’ to last year and the Delta variant …

Coronavirus baby boom: Dutch maternity wards struggling to keep up
3 years, 2 months ago

Coronavirus baby boom: Dutch maternity wards struggling to keep up

NL Times  

The Netherlands is in the midst of a baby boom and the maternity wards at Dutch hospitals are feeling it. The combination of staff shortages and a higher birthrate already resulted in a few women being transferred to Antwerp, because there was no space in the Dutch NICUs, Nieuwsuur reports. "The NICU nurses were also in intensive care units for …

Cabinet must intervene now, or we risk Covid code black: ICU expert
3 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet must intervene now, or we risk Covid code black: ICU expert

NL Times  

Diederik Gommers, intensive care doctor and head of the Dutch association for intensive care NVIC, again appealed to the government to take measures to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Scaling up the ICU capacity is not possible at the moment, as staff members are sick or overworked at home, or taking much needed vacation, Gommers said. Training new nurses …

Dutch hospitals facing increasing shortage in ICU nurses
3 years, 3 months ago

Dutch hospitals facing increasing shortage in ICU nurses

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands are still struggling with a shortage in intensive care nurses, with some intensive care units even having less staff available than last year, the Volkskrant reported after surveying 14 hospitals. Less ICU capacity could well be a problem in the coming months, with the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading through the Netherlands, a …

Hospitals to catch up on non-Covid care at night, weekends
3 years, 5 months ago

Hospitals to catch up on non-Covid care at night, weekends

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands will work nights and weekends to catch up on care delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Various hospitals are finding out which of their staff members are willing to work extra in order to catch up on surgeries in the evenings and over weekends. "To start, we will use six operating rooms on Saturdays for catch-up …

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals

The Independent  

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Healthcare staff too overworked to catch up on backlog: Union
3 years, 6 months ago

Healthcare staff too overworked to catch up on backlog: Union

NL Times  

Healthcare union Nu '91 stated its dissatisfaction over the proposed plan for hospitals to start catching up on surgeries backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic within weeks, newswire ANP reported. “Scaling up regular care and catching up on delayed care has become the guiding principle and not the availability and full health of healthcare professionals. According to the Minister for …

ICU expert says Dutch hospitals in Covid trouble; Warns of "Code black situation"
3 years, 8 months ago

ICU expert says Dutch hospitals in Covid trouble; Warns of "Code black situation"

NL Times  

Dutch Association for Intensive Care chair Diederik Gommers said he feared the country was approaching a "Code Black" situation, where hospitals have to choose between patients for the last remaining ICU admissions. Dutch hospitals were treating 839 patients with Covid-19 in intensive care units on Thursday afternoons. One hard hit medical center is the St. Jansdal hospital in Harderwijk, which …

Curfew and home visit rules to be eased as hospitals ask staff to cancel holidays
3 years, 8 months ago

Curfew and home visit rules to be eased as hospitals ask staff to cancel holidays

Dutch News  

With coronavirus infections running at an average of 7,700 a day and intensive care occupancy at its highest level for almost a year, the Dutch government is widely expected to relax its coronavirus restrictions at a press conference on Tuesday. Health minister Hugo de Jonge would not confirm on Monday whether changes to the rules are in the pipeline, but …

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report

NL Times  

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Give all NL residents over 60 first Covid vaccine as soon as possible: ICU experts
3 years, 8 months ago

Give all NL residents over 60 first Covid vaccine as soon as possible: ICU experts

NL Times  

In order to relieve pressure on Dutch hospitals before the third wave of coronavirus infections reaches its peak, all Netherlands resident above the age of 60 must get their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine as soon as possible, chairman Diederik Gommers of intensive care association NVIC and Ernst Kuipers of the national acute care network LNAZ said to NRC. Minister …

Northern provinces scaling down regular care as Covid infections rise
3 years, 9 months ago

Northern provinces scaling down regular care as Covid infections rise

NL Times  

Hospital in the Netherlands' northern provinces are starting to scale down regular care again as the number of coronavirus patients rise. According to the local acute care network AZZN, the pressure on healthcare in northern Netherlands is great at the moment, and will only increase in the coming weeks. At the moment, Noord-Nederland is getting about 180 new infections per …

Dutch ICU leaders want hospitals to start vaccinating against Covid-19 on Monday
3 years, 11 months ago

Dutch ICU leaders want hospitals to start vaccinating against Covid-19 on Monday

NL Times  

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Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals
3 years, 11 months ago

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals

Dutch News  

Hospitals in the Netherlands could have to postpone crucial operations such as cancer surgery and kidney transplantations if the number of Covid-19 patients continues to rise, the healthcare authority NZa has warned. A spokesman told the Telegraaf that ‘critical scheduled operations’ that normally have to be carried out within six weeks were under threat because of a shortage of beds …

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals
3 years, 11 months ago

Crucial operations under threat as coronavirus spreads through hospitals

Dutch News  

Hospitals in the Netherlands could have to postpone crucial operations such as cancer surgery and kidney transplantations if the number of Covid-19 patients continues to rise, the healthcare authority NZa has warned. A spokesman told the Telegraaf that ‘critical scheduled operations’ that normally have to be carried out within six weeks were under threat because of a shortage of beds …

Dozens of hospitals struggling to provide urgent care
3 years, 11 months ago

Dozens of hospitals struggling to provide urgent care

NL Times  

The added pressure in Dutch hospitals due to caring for coronavirus patients has forced many of them to delay critical care. “Everyone working in health care found that too drastic”, so Jongen. Workers have no more energy left.” The solution according to Jongen lies in early vaccination, however many hospital workers may not be amongst the first to receive the …

Pressure on hospital beds leads to 40% of operations being postponed
4 years ago

Pressure on hospital beds leads to 40% of operations being postponed

Dutch News  

Dutch hospitals carried out 26% fewer scheduled operations last week as the impact of the latest spike in coronavirus cases began to be felt. Analysis by the Netherlands Healthcare Authority said the proportion was expected to increase to 40% during the Christmas week as a result of Covid-19 patients taking up more hospital capacity and rising staff sickness levels. Medical …

Non-urgent hospital care cancelled, to head off shortage of staff
4 years ago

Non-urgent hospital care cancelled, to head off shortage of staff

Dutch News  

All non-urgent healthcare scheduled to take place at Dutch hospitals and clinics in the coming weeks is being suspended in order to free up staff to work in acute care services, as the number of coronavirus patients increases. Scheduled treatment which must take place within six weeks – such as cancer-related operations and organ transplants – will go ahead as …

Dutch hospitals to stop regular care with Covid cases rising into January
4 years ago

Dutch hospitals to stop regular care with Covid cases rising into January

NL Times  

The Dutch government announced an emergency measure on Tuesday to freeze regular and scheduled medical care at hospitals in the Netherlands because of the rapidly rising number of Covid-19 patients. On Monday, Dutch hospitals were treating 2,162 patients with Covid-19, up a third since the start of the month. The hospitalized patient total was expected to rise to 2,540 by …

Coronavirus rolling average rises to 8,295; Hospital patients up 13% in a week
4 years ago

Coronavirus rolling average rises to 8,295; Hospital patients up 13% in a week

NL Times  

Some 8,496 more infections of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus were revealed by public health agency RIVM on Monday. The rising coronavirus data prompted the Dutch government to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting over the weekend and on Monday, after which the leaders of the political parties were updated by Prime Minister Mark Rutte. Ernst Kuipers, the head of the Dutch intensive …

Covid-19 has already exhausted the US. And it’s only the start of a dark and deadly winter
4 years ago

Covid-19 has already exhausted the US. And it’s only the start of a dark and deadly winter

CNN  

CNN — For weeks, experts have warned Americans in increasingly dire terms that this winter will be one of the darkest periods in the nation’s public health history. “I think we’re past the breaking point,” said Dr. Adolphe Edward, CEO of El Centro Regional Medical Center in Southern California. “The staff is here, but they’re broken.” Edward’s hospital on Thursday …

Internists concerned by stagnating Covid infection numbers
4 years ago

Internists concerned by stagnating Covid infection numbers

NL Times  

The Dutch association of internists NIV is very concerned that the number of new coronavirus infections stopped falling. "The period in which more than a thousand new coronavirus patients are hospitalized every week has now been three weeks longer than in the spring and is still not over," the NIV said. According to NIV chairman Robin Peeters, the Netherlands is …

Amsterdam GPs to help hospitals with Covid care
4 years, 1 month ago

Amsterdam GPs to help hospitals with Covid care

NL Times  

General practitioners in Amsterdam are teaming up with local hospitals to help provide care for Covid-19 cases. They, along with care organizations in the capital, expect to be able to discharge 50 hospitalized patients earlier per week if GPs care further for them at home, internist-infectiologist Marc van der Valk of Amsterdam UMC said to AD. "We often see that …

Covid-19 hospital admissions expected to exceed first wave next month
4 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 hospital admissions expected to exceed first wave next month

Dutch News  

The number of coronavirus patients in hospital could reach 6,000 by the start of December if current trends continue, the head of the country’s acute care service has warned. The rise in infections has slowed slightly in the last week from 27% to 22% a week – though around 1,500 cases were missing from last Saturday’s figures – but it …

More coronavirus patients caused a 20 percent cut in non-Covid care
4 years, 2 months ago

More coronavirus patients caused a 20 percent cut in non-Covid care

NL Times  

Already about 20 percent of regular healthcare has been scaled down at hospitals in the Netherlands to make room for more coronavirus patients. The hospitals in different regions of the Netherlands have scaled down service based on the impact of the virus in their own area, said Ernst Kuipers, the head of the LNAZ, the Dutch acute care providers network. …

Covid causing "disastrous" worker shortage in nursing homes
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid causing "disastrous" worker shortage in nursing homes

NL Times  

The coronavirus is creating a "disastrous" shortage of care workers in nursing homes and home care, according to Henk Kamp, chairman of the branch association for care organizations ActiZ. In a number of regions it is no longer possible to complete the work schedules in home care and nursing home care," Kamp said. "Much attention is rightly paid to hospital …

Second Covid wave putting care for chronically ill at risk
4 years, 2 months ago

Second Covid wave putting care for chronically ill at risk

NL Times  

Internists are very concerned about the increasing number of coronavirus patients in hospital, and the effect this will have for the quality of care for chronically ill patients, the Dutch association of internists NIV said to ANP. This means that consultation hours have to be shortened or scrapped at a number of hospitals, resulting in chronically ill patients not being …

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial

Dutch News  

New coronavirus measures cannot be avoided in the Netherlands if there is no improvement in the number of new infections in the coming 24 to 72 hours, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters after the weekly cabinet conference. Although the increase on Thursday’s total is 154, well down on the shock 800 increase between Wednesday and Thursday, Rutte said that …

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch coronavirus figures are 'very bad', Rutte says. Weekend will be crucial

Dutch News  

New coronavirus measures cannot be avoided in the Netherlands if there is no improvement in the number of new infections in the coming 24 to 72 hours, prime minister Mark Rutte told reporters after the weekly cabinet conference. Although the increase on Thursday’s total is 154, well down on the shock 800 increase between Wednesday and Thursday, Rutte said that …

Noord-Holland, Flevoland hospitals scaling down regular care
4 years, 2 months ago

Noord-Holland, Flevoland hospitals scaling down regular care

NL Times  

Almost all hospitals in Noord-Holland and Flevoland are scaling down their regular care by 20 percent, in an attempt to provide both coronavirus care and as much regular care as possible during the second wave of Covid-19 infections, the regional consultation on acute care ROAZ said, NOS reports. Despite the collaboration with the LCPS, the national center responsible for spreading …

NL's hospitalized Covid patients enough to fill two hospitals, ICU boss says
4 years, 2 months ago

NL's hospitalized Covid patients enough to fill two hospitals, ICU boss says

NL Times  

The Netherlands currently counts enough hospitalized coronavirus patients to completely fill around two hospitals, Ernst Kuipers, head of the National Acute Care Network, explained to NU.nl. These are two very large hospitals full of patients who are seriously ill and need intensive care 24/7," Kuipers said to the newspaper. In order to keep regular care running, the national coordination center …

Covid-19: Hospital patient total nears 550; ICU admissions at warning level
4 years, 2 months ago

Covid-19: Hospital patient total nears 550; ICU admissions at warning level

NL Times  

There were 547 people being treated in Dutch hospitals for Covid-19 on Friday, the most since June 3. At the same time, the three-day average for Covid-19 patient admissions to intensive care hit 10.3, slightly higher than the level the Cabinet said could indicate new coronavirus restrictions are needed. Outside of the ICU, other hospital departments were treating 36 more …

Rise in Covid-19 patients continues; Over 800 more coronavirus infections
4 years, 3 months ago

Rise in Covid-19 patients continues; Over 800 more coronavirus infections

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 161 people for Covid-19 on Thursday, an increase of eight. The three-day rolling average of new patient admissions rose from 7.7 to 10.3, meaning 31 people with the coronavirus disease were admitted to Dutch hospitals from Monday through Wednesday, according to public health agency RIVM. The agency said on Thursday that 823 more people …

Just 80 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals despite rise in infections
4 years, 4 months ago

Just 80 patients with Covid-19 in hospitals despite rise in infections

NL Times  

There were 80 people being treated for Covid-19 in Dutch hospitals on Wednesday, according to patient coordination office LCPS. To date, 2,941 people in the country have required intensive care because of the coronavirus disease, including 867 people who died, and 1,892 people who recovered. "The number of COVID patients in Dutch hospitals is stable, and relatively low in relation …

Over 10,400 have an active SARS-CoV-2 infection; Covid-19 patient total increases
4 years, 4 months ago

Over 10,400 have an active SARS-CoV-2 infection; Covid-19 patient total increases

NL Times  

Some 10,437 people in the Netherlands are estimated to have an active infection of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Dutch government said on Tuesday based on data from public health agency RIVM. The government's Coronavirus Dashboard suggested the Netherlands could see official figures related to hospitalizations and intensive care admissions rise in connection with Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by …

Five more enter intensive care for Covid-19; Over 200 more coronavirus infections
4 years, 4 months ago

Five more enter intensive care for Covid-19; Over 200 more coronavirus infections

NL Times  

There were 21 people with Covid-19 being treated in intensive care units in the Netherlands on Monday, an increase of five. Of the 91 people in Dutch hospitals, acute care expert Ernst Kuipers said, "The number of COVID patients in hospitals remains stable at a low level. In total, 563 people were in intensive care units including the 21 patients …

Covid-19 hospital patients fall to low levels but new coronavirus infections spike up
4 years, 4 months ago

Covid-19 hospital patients fall to low levels but new coronavirus infections spike up

NL Times  

Medical centers in the Netherlands were treating just 83 patients for Covid-19 on Sunday, a substantial decrease, according to patient coordination office LCPS. Although there were 26 fewer people being treated in Dutch hospitals on Sunday compared to the previous day, the number of new patients who tested positive for a SARS-CoV-2 infection shot up to its highest daily total …

Give all healthcare workers priority access to coronavirus testing: Associations
4 years, 4 months ago

Give all healthcare workers priority access to coronavirus testing: Associations

NL Times  

As more people get tested for a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection week after week, and the percentage of those tested has also steadily risen, several health care worker associations have launched a lobbying campaign to make sure the country's care workers receive priority access to the test. Healthcare union Nu'91, professional association VenVN, and elder care branch association Actiz demand said …

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