A new wave of COVID-19 morbidity in Kharkiv may be more powerful than the previous ones - there are more young people among patients. On March 14, anesthesiologist and consultant of the Kharkiv Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital Vladimir Korsunov wrote about this on his Facebook page.. According to him, there are not enough free beds in medical institutions, provided with oxygen.

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Hospital director Pavel Nartov confirmed the information about the occupancy of the intensive care unit for Suspilny. In general, according to him, on the morning of March 14, up to 30 beds remained free in the infectious diseases hospital..

" Patients on mechanical ventilation - more than 20 out of 40 possible "

Korsunov also said that the number of young people has increased among patients..

" And we celebrate Shrovetide when the red zone is approaching with the speed of a jet! "

The anesthesiologist recalled that a new intensive care unit was never built in the infectious diseases hospital, which representatives of the regional administration promised to build in a few months after the approvals during the visit of the Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov in August last year.

\! Hey where is it? As if it’s already March, and the cart is on promises and without wheels "