With the corona virus circular issued by the Ministry of Health, it has been stated that cases diagnosed with COVID-19 will be accepted in private and foundation hospitals.
In the statement made by the Ministry, the following statements were used:
1. Until the diagnosis of COVID-19 of patients who apply to health institutions is definite, acceptance and treatment processes are mandatory by Ministry of Health hospitals, state and foundation hospitals and all private health institutions.
2. Hospitals with at least two of the infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, thoracic diseases, internal medicine specialists physicians and third level adult intensive care beds. pandemic hospital acceptable.
– During the pandemic, infectious diseases and clinical microbiology, internal diseases or chest diseases specialists can be met by appointment from another hospital.
– Pandemic hospital; It is defined as the hospital where the treatment process of cases diagnosed with COVID-19 (Test positive) was made.
3. According to the pandemic action plan prepared by the General Directorate of Public Health within the hospital, the pandemic general coordination team should be established.
4. In pandemic hospitals; A clinic and an intensive care unit dedicated to pandemic patients should be identified and reserved for these cases. In case of increasing number of cases, the order in which other intensive care units and services will be separated should be determined. Patients whose treatment has started and need to continue: oncology-hematology and radiation oncology clinics, organ transplant clinics and beds in bone marrow transplant centers will continue to be used as normally as possible.
5. In places where pandemic hospitals are inadequate, hospitals with 2nd stage adult intensive care units should also be organized to serve as a pandemic hospital.
7. The route to the clinical and intensive care beds reserved for pandemic patients is determined and necessary measures are taken on this route.
