The Helsinki and Uusimaa Hospital District (HUS) has started transferring Covid-19 patients in need of intensive care to other parts of Finland due to a lack of capacity. Helsingin sanomat newspaper.
HUS is currently setting up six intensive care units in addition to the current 15 units to meet growing demand.
Jari PetäjäSee HUS. The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) told Helsingin Sanomat that the decision to relocate patients was made on Tuesday after estimates that the current intensive care capacity would soon be exceeded.
Hospital authorities set the critical limit for intensive care patients at 15 and the number of patients was already 14 on Tuesday.
"If we end up in the intensive care unit with 16 to 21 patients, we will have to cancel 4 to 5 major surgeries that require intensive post-operative treatment on a daily basis," The traitor said.
One intensive care patient has already been reported to be transferred to the other side of the country, and two critical Covid patients are expected to be transferred to hospitals outside the HUS district on Wednesday.
An interview with a Finnish paper knocks out the punishment of a Capitol striker
The Finnish afternoon newspaper Ilta-Sanomat reports that the US Capitol rioted Kevin Cordon has been sentenced to one year in prison.
The newspaper gave a brief interview with the 34-year-old blood-covered man shortly after he and several other Donald Trump supporters attacked the Washington Capitol in January.
According to the Courthouse News Service, prosecutors cite an interview in which Cordon allegedly showed remorse for access to the building from a broken window as grounds for one month’s imprisonment.
Cordon, on the other hand, was given a probationary period after a federal judge said it was unusual for a first-timer to be imprisoned for a non-violent offense.
In an interview with Ilta-Sanomat, Cordon, dressed as a bloody U.S. flag, said it was clear to Trump supporters that the election had been stolen. "We are here to take back our democratic republic," he said.
The interview was brought to the attention of U.S. authorities when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) received an anonymous hint from a reader of Ilta-Sanomat.
Municipalities are applying for Covid-19 compensation
According to Uutissuomalainen’s estimates, about 230 municipalities and hospital districts in Finland have already applied to the state for compensation for social and health care costs caused by the Covid-19 crisis.
The first round of applications for financial support ended last Friday. By Kalle Tervo, An assistant minister to the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, the authorities expected the number of applications to be slightly higher.
However, several municipalities have transferred their application rights to municipal associations and regional authorities.
The first call for applications was for Covid expenses incurred during January – August. The second round, starting in early 2022, is expected to cover expenses for the rest of the year.
Preliminary estimates suggest that Covid-19 testing and contact tracing account for the majority of municipal costs.
Source: The Nordic Page
