As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, deputy Rebro hospital director Milivoj Novak, commented on the epidemiological situation in Zagreb’s largest hospital for N1 as Omicron spreads.
“The situation is primarily under control, we have a lot of testing going on, 620 people were tested yesterday, the percentage of those infected is high. What’s important to us is the following, we’ve prepared 250 beds which should cover months, and we’re below 90 percent full, there are less than 30 patients in the intensive care unit and at the moment there is no danger that we will become overwhelmed currently,” Milivoj Novak said.
Those contracting the infection and becoming unwell are getting younger and younger, he pointed out, but the good thing is that the number of seriously ill people needing hospital treatment is not growing. “It gives us hope that this is going to get better,” he added.
“It’s mostly unvaccinated people getting sick. Of course, the vaccinated, especially if they have serious diseases and belong to risk groups, can also get sick, but in principle, those who aren’t vaccinated are the ones becoming unwell, they can also become extremely seriously ill,” warned Milivoj Novak.
Milivoj Novak is against the introduction of any stricter measures
Asked how worried he is about the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, Milivoj Novak says it would be too bold to say they’re’ ”happy” about Omicron. “According to some reports, the clinical picture of people infected with Omicron seems to be milder, but it would be too bold to say at this point, that that’s what we all want,” Novak said.
Speaking about the tightening of the country’s epidemiological measures, Novak said that the current measures are “okay, but we don’t adhere to them”.
“We went through a lockdown. This is an epidemiologically good thing, but it isn’t good for the functioning of society. Now we’re paying the price of Christmas, and we’ll pay the price of the New Year and we’re also waiting to pay the price of people going skiing,” said the deputy director of KBC Zagreb.
As for testing, he pointed out that the problem is that the maximum possible number of those needing to be tested has now been reached. “We tested 620 patients yesterday, we can’t test more people than that, and when the percentage exceeds 50 percent of positive results, does it make sense to test even more?” Everyone is infected,” Milivoj Novak said.
He hopes that the collapse of the healthcare system will not happen, because they have both plan B and plan C and they’re well prepared.
“In theory, it’s possible that everything might collapse, but I don’t believe that will happen,” he concluded.
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