Experts say younger patients are developing severe COVID-19 symptoms and dying, as hospitals are pushed to the brink. Younger patients In a report on Friday, Brazilian public health institute Fiocruz also found that the country’s COVID epidemic is getting younger. We’re dealing with a substantial number of severe patients in their 30s to 50s,” Dr Anne Menezes from Getulio Vargas …
Several states report critical stock levels, loans of cylinders and even transfer of patients who require oxygen. Amid this surge, Fiocruz epidemiologist Jesem Orellana told Al Jazeera that a lack of sufficient oxygen, intubation drugs and medical supplies could push Brazil’s hospitals closer to collapse in the coming weeks. Oxygen shortage risk across Brazil Newton de Oliveira, President of the …
Health system in Amazonas state capital is overrun by COVID-19 and experts say other regions could face a similar catastrophe. With hospitals overrun and supplies of oxygen running out, Brazilian epidemiologist Jesem Orellana said COVID-19 patients’ hospital beds in Manaus, the capital of the country’s Amazonas region, turned into “asphyxiation chambers”. When you start getting low on oxygen supplies, you …
