As of the morning of December 7, in the "red zone" of the Republican Multidisciplinary Medical Center (RMMC) of South Ossetia, 49 patients are being treated. Another 15 people are in the Russian military hospital in Tskhinval. This was reported to IA "Res» on Monday by the chief infectious disease specialist of the Republic, Eleonora Dzhioeva.
“Six people are being treated in the intensive care unit. Three patients undergo non-invasive mechanical ventilation. Over the past day, one patient was admitted to the RMMC, fourteen people were discharged with recommendations to continue treatment on an outpatient basis, "the doctor said.
As noted by Dzhioeva, one case with a lethal outcome was recorded in a day. "A patient of 84 years old was admitted to the" red zone "of the children's hospital on November 10: the seventh day of malaise with complaints of fever up to 38.5 C, shortness of breath at rest, severe weakness, increased fatigue with a diagnosis of coronavirus infection. Bilateral polysegmental viral pneumonia. Respiratory failure 2 CT - 2 (with 40% lesion) Coronary heart disease Despite the ongoing therapy, the patient's condition worsened, and on November 14 he was transferred to the intensive care unit.
The therapy was carried out in accordance with the Covid-19 Infection Treatment Protocol. The condition was aggravated by a stratified secondary bacterial infection - pneumonia of viral-bacterial etiology, the phenomena of renal-hepatic failure, multiple organ failure were growing. On December 6, cardiac arrest occurred, biological death was stated, "Dzhioeva said.
The Republic's chief infectious disease specialist appealed to the residents of South Ossetia and urged them to observe all preventive measures to spread the new coronavirus infection.
