Tabasco, hometown of Mexico's president, occupies first place in country's hospital occupation

Record ID: 1561280

  • Title: Tabasco, hometown of Mexico's president, occupies first place in country's hospital occupation
  • Date: 8th July 2020
  • Summary: VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO, MEXICO (JULY 7, 2020) (REUTERS) PATIENT BEING WHEELED INTO ICU ON STRETCHER ANOTHER PATIENT BEING WHEELED INTO ICU ON STRETCHER WITH OXYGEN TANK / MAN DRESSED IN PPE DEEP CLEANING AREA PATIENT LYING FACE DOWN BEING MOVED ON STRETCHER WITH OXYGEN MEN DEEP CLEANING PATIENTS BEING MOVED ON WHEELCHAIRS (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) GRACIELA CABRERA, RELATIVE OF PATIENT, SAYING: ''The doctors who are treating patients are also getting ill. That is why there are no (doctors) right now and some are missing because they have felt ill. They are supposed to start at 3pm and it's almost 4pm and there are no doctors available due to the same thing.'' RELATIVES WAITING OUTSIDE HOSPITAL (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) NANCY GARCIA, RELATIVE OF PATIENT, SAYING: ''Something should be done about this by hiring more doctors or getting more beds, more personnel so that patients can be properly looked after because it's difficult when you see what is happening in reality because many say this is all a lie but we can see people dying quickly here.'' VARIOUS OF RELATIVES WAITING FOR NEWS ON LOVED ONES MAN BEING TAKEN OUT ON STRETCHER MAN DEEP CLEANING AREA
  • Embargoed: 22nd July 2020 21:24
  • Keywords: Mexico Tabasco Villahermosa cases coronavirus hospital bed capacity
  • Location: ECATEPEC, STATE OF MEXICO / MEXICO CITY / VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO, MEXICO
  • City: ECATEPEC, STATE OF MEXICO / MEXICO CITY / VILLAHERMOSA, TABASCO, MEXICO
  • Country: Mexico
  • Topics: Health/Medicine
  • Reuters ID: LVA003CLYAURR
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Mexico's state of Tabasco, hometown to Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, holds the first place in the country's hospital occupation levels as the Latin American country's health system starts to feel the strain during the mounting coronavirus pandemic.
    Mexico's health ministry on Tuesday (July 7) reported Tabasco has 78% of beds occupied with only 22% available. Mexico has 6,258 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 895 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 268,008 cases and 32,014 deaths.
    The government has said the real number of infected people is likely significantly higher than the confirmed cases.
    Relatives of hospitalised patients at the Dr. Juan Graham Casasus Hospital in state capital Villahermosa, have complained over a lack of health workers as most have fallen ill.
    Graciela Cabrera, whose sister was hospitalised with respiratory problems, said her sibling has been unable to see a doctor for the last 10 days. She is hoping her sister holds on before it is too late.
    Nancy Garcia, told Reuters her loved one, who was hospitalised with respiratory problems and liver failure, has also yet to see a doctor. Garcia said she fears for her loved one as dead patients are removed from hospital premises on a daily basis.
    Tabasco's state government recently announced the opening of a field hospital in 10 days with the capacity to tend to 50 patients suffering from COVID-19. The Regional Dr. Gustavo Rovirosa Perez Hospital would also be equipped with an extra 30 beds, local authorities said.
    (Production: Carlos Carrillo, Luis Manuel Lopez, Rodolfo Pena Roja, Geraldine Downer)
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