For some time now, the number of people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been steadily increasing, and consequently the number of patients at the Bolesławiec county hospital has been rising rapidly. Until now, ZOZ in Bolesławiec had 110 COVID beds; soon, this number will increase by 30.
A new ward for patients infected with coronavirus will be established. The adaptation of the former orthopaedic ward is under way and is expected to take several days. (The orthopaedics department was moved elsewhere on Monday—to the attic).
What about the equipment?
Thanks to the support of the Lower Silesian Voivode and the Material Reserves Agency, the new COVID ward will be equipped with 12 cardiac monitors, 2 oxygen-therapy machines, 6 ventilators and 30 beds.
What about the staff?
– We are recruiting all the time – informs Kamil Barczyk, director of the county hospital. And since the third wave is under way, with its peak expected in April, staff will probably have to work much harder than before. Doctors may, for example, have 12 shifts a month instead of four.
Moreover, ZOZ intends to hire an additional 3 doctors and 5 nurses. K. Barczyk stresses that he hopes this difficult pandemic situation will not last long and that the staff will be fairly rewarded for their efforts.
What does the operation to increase the number of beds achieve?
As the head of the Bolesławiec Healthcare Group explains, this means the hospital authorities will not interfere with the so-called clean wards. All non-COVID wards are operating normally and are safe. All this was made possible by investments and the creation of additional space in the hospital.
Kamil Barczyk adds that, in view of the death statistics for people who are not infected, the hospital cannot afford to have more non-COVID wards closed.