Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Mexico: Current ATSA asserts that there are 32 health care workers with influenza A

22/07/09
Flows - Thirty-two employees of two hospitals in the city of Corrientes symptoms of influenza A reported leaders of the Association of Health Workers (ATSA) of this province.


According to Hugo Canteros leader, last week at the Hospital Vidal were detected symptoms of the disease in 20 to 12 employees and then Llano del Hospital. Telam The union said that many of these workers are housed and are not given the security to carry out the task in the health centers.

"In areas of intensive therapy is required chinstrap 3m (micron filter), which should be renewed permanently for greater security and that is not being done," he said.

Canteros that "among those affected are doctors, nurses and technicians, adding that" many of them are placed with the symptoms of influenza A, and samples were sent to the Institute Malbrán for confirmation. "

The leader said that "lack of human resources because we are overwhelmed and the situation worsens," and questioned "the lack of answers" to the government's warrants.

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