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Municipal Health Department updates number of beds for Covid-19 and occupancy rate in the capital's SUS network
Published on 20/09/2020 - 20:14 | UpdatedThe City of Rio, through the Municipal Health Department, informs that The municipal network is currently carrying out the absolute majority of Covid-19 care, as state and private hospitals have closed beds dedicated to treating the disease.
It is also important to highlight that Rio City Hall is the only one that maintains a field hospital – the one at Riocentro – in operation, since units from other spheres did not even begin to operate at their full capacity – and that, recently, private partnerships with the Rio State government demobilized field hospitals.
Municipal beds and rates
The municipal network has 881 beds for Covid-19. Of this total, 251 are ICU beds. The number of specialized beds in the network is greater than the demand for hospitalizations to treat the disease.
A ICU bed occupancy rate for Covid-19 in the SUS network – which includes beds in municipal, state and federal units – *in the municipality is 84%*. The occupancy rate in the ward beds is 53%.
It is important to highlight that the municipal network did not close any ICU beds.
Hospitalizations
In the municipal network units, there are 481 hospitalized patients, 227 of whom are in the ICU.
The SUS network in the capital has 888 people hospitalized in specialized beds, 414 of which are in the ICU.
There is no waiting list, as there are beds for all patients included in the regulation system.
Throughout the SUS network of the Metropolitan Region 1 – which includes the capital and municipalities of Baixada Fluminense – 92 people are in the process of being transferred for Covid-19 beds. Of this total, 45 are for ICU.
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