With the coronavirus pandemic, Brazil is creating Field Hospitals to care for virus-specific patients. Some places are serving to set up structures such as football stadiums and even schools, as is the case in Ipatinga.
In Ipatinga, in the interior of Minas Gerias, the city hall then began to implement the hospital at the Canuta Rosa State School, with the aim of serving the entire micro-region that is part of 13 cities in the Vale do Aço region.
Ipatinga creates Campaign Hospital structure
The expectation is that the structure of Hospital da Campanha will be ready in the second half of April. As well as it will be on this date, which according to data, will be the peak period of the virus in Brazil, in the beginning they hope to serve up to 200 people with symptoms.
The structure of the college has 20 large rooms, inside each room it is possible to place 10 beds in each one of them, in the beginning, according to the calculations, it will be for 200 beds. However, they can reach up to 300 beds, these 100 more beds can be improvised in the school's covered court.
Due to the location, structure of rooms, kitchen, bathrooms and proximity to SAMU Mobile Emergency Service. Precisely with what is necessary to house the hospital that needs to serve the population of the region. In addition, the State assesses the need to obtain, through the GRS Regional Health Management, 120 respirators.
In addition to the work to get the beds, health professionals are being prepared to guarantee the demand with the routine of patients during the pandemic.
The “Brasil Conte Com a Gente” program is being analyzed with the possibility of providing student work. Therefore, the students who are about to finish the medical course in Ipatinga, to provide help in the beds that are being prepared.
Ipatinga, being a reference in the region among 13 cities considered a micro-region, needs to prepare teams, stretchers and materials to serve the population. These cities may be helping with some resources, which could be subjects, professionals, among other resources.
