Dengue became a real problem in some localities of lto the province of Santa Fe. The disease spreads at an accelerated rate: according to the Ministry of Health, cases grew approximately 35% in the last week.
In this context, the north of the province is the most affected place. Therefore, youThe mayor, who is a doctor by profession, decided to put aside his investiture and treat patients due to the overflow. Andrés Cagliero, The head of the local executive, settled in an office at the local hospital and treated about 40 patients in recent days.
“The thing is that I am still a doctor, I have not practiced private medicine since November 10, a month before I took office, but I do continue to practice by telephone or with family and friends,” Ca explained.gliero in dialogue with LT10, Radio Universidad del Litoral. And he completed: “I made the decision first to collaborate with the health system, as well as to channel the queries that I continued to have over the telephone.”
The mayor decided not to make his interventions public so that their functions would not be mixed: “I did not want a parallel municipality to be set up in the hospital, because each neighbor could also come with a complaint. That’s why I went without warning, like just another doctor,” warns Cagliero, who had directed the local health center before entering politics. In any case, his presence at the health center surprised the patients.
Tostado, like all the 9 de Julio department of which it is the head, has epidemiological circulation of the disease. Therefore, each patient who presents symptoms compatible with dengue is considered positive without performing an analysis.
That is why the local hospital made a publication on its social networks stating “saturation and collapse in various services” and asking that only people who have emergencies go to the health center.
The Ministry of Health of Santa Fe reported that, as of February 15, there were 1,967 cases of dengue in the province. In Rosario and the capital, the viral circulation of chikungunya was also noticed since December.
Last Thursday, The municipality of Rosario confirmed the first death of 2024 from dengue in the province. A 38-year-old man suffered from seizures, fever for five days and gastrointestinal symptoms. The final diagnosis after subsequent studies was dengue serotype 2.
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