Second Brazil wave strains hospitals in Sao Paulo s interior
by Tatiana Pollastri And Diane Jeantet, The Associated Press
Posted Jan 28, 2021 6:03 pm EDT
Last Updated Jan 28, 2021 at 6:14 pm EDT
Health workers pull a COVID-19 patient from an ambulance into Santa Casa Hospital in Jau, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. The Santa Casa hospital is operating at full capacity and patients take turns receiving oxygen. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)
JAU, Brazil Rodinei Silva made two trips this week to the Santa Casa de Jau hospital in the interior of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. First, he brought his wife, who was suffering COVID-19 symptoms including trouble breathing. She tested positive, but was sent home with medication because space was scarce.
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Rodinei Silva made two trips this week to the Santa Casa de Jau hospital in the interior of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. First, he brought his wife, who was suffering COVID-19 symptoms including trouble breathing. She tested positive, but was sent home with medication because space was scarce.
“There were no beds on Tuesday,” Silva, 65, said, adding that his wife’s condition is deteriorating at home. He returned to the hospital on Thursday because he was showing symptoms.
Each day, several patients like Silva turn up at the hospital in the municipality of about 152,000 people, seeking treatment. But the facility also admits COVID-19 patients from 11 surrounding cities, and it reached capacity on Jan. 18.