Ljajic: Two coronavirus patients from Sjenica died after being turned away by Uzice hospital

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Minister Rasim Ljajic has confirmed that two men aged 46 and 53 from Sjenica died on June 29, because they were not admitted to the Uzice hospital.

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"Unfortunately, I have confirmation that it really happened. People told me that it was a misunderstanding and that in Uzice, they thought there was a ward in Sjenica, but that is only for people from villages, allowing them to spend the night before being transported to Uzice or Belgrade," Ljajic told RTS.

Ljajic, who has been in Novi Pazar, where the situation is difficult, for several days, says that the good news is that more and more people are coming to the Covid hospital, while the bad is that the number of those infected is not dropping.

"It's encouraging that more and more people are coming to the Covid hospital. Yesterday we had 250 patients who came for an examination. The bad news is that this trend is not declining, almost a third of these patients have developed significant pneumonia. But, yesterday we had 104 hospitalized patients, and a few days ago there were 123. Almost the entire hospital in Novi Pazar is Covid now, except for surgical and gynecological wards," said Minister Rasim Ljajic.

More and more people report to Covid hospital, almost one third have pneumonia

Asked who is to blame for such a situation in Novi Pazar, he did not single out anyone:

"This whole situation did not arise because someone was not wearing a mask or gloves, or had a thermometer. The whole situation arose because a huge number of people came to the hospital with a delay, it was already crowded and then the medical staff was decimated. We are talking about organizational mistakes, if you work you make mistakes. This was a situation that was an unknown to us. We had a situation that presented as everything being fine, then the second wave or the second peak of the first wave happened," he said.

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Sjenica needs internists, all are infected

He said that yesterday, 183 people came to the Covid hospital in Sjenica for examination, and 75 more in Tutin, which is less than in previous days, but more than during the weekend.

"It's important for us that as many people as possible come to be examined," Ljajic pointed out.

Asked whether there are enough drugs in Sjenica, Tutin and Novi Pazar, the Minister pointed out that medical staff is

the key issue, and pointed out to Sjenica in particular.

"Sjenica needs internists, all three there are infected and out of the game. Any help in equipment is welcome, but this problem is not solved by devices, but by people and staff," he said and added that procedure for bringing in doctors from Bosnia and Herzegovina is underway, and denied that doctors from Turkey would also come to Novi Pazar.

(Telegraf.rs)