Médecins Sans Frontières - Webclip - Hospital Pérez de León II

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF326093

Date taken / Date Recorded 24/06/2020 12:00 AM

Country Venezuela

Commissioning section MSF-SPAIN

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Duration 4m32s

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Additional Information / Shotlist Chyron
Cruz García
Health Department Médicins Sans Frontières

Hello, good morning, my name is Cruz, I’m one of the Médecins Sans Frontières team working in the coronavirus response in Pérez de Leon II hospital in Petare, one of the most populated areas of Caracas. I invite you to come with me and learn about the route our patients take when they come to hospital.

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Screening
Coughing
Fever
Respiratory distress

Even if a patient has no symptoms, they are asked some questions here, such as have they experienced cough, fever or respiratory distress; what is their epidemiological history; and have they travelled or had contact with anyone who has tested positive. If any of their answers are yes, they continue the circuit.

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Waiting area
Hand washing
7 seats
Preventive measures
Hand washing

The first thing they do here is wash their hands at the water point, then they proceed to the waiting area. Patients are triaged based on their clinical condition. While they wait for their one-to-one consultations, they receive health messages about coronavirus and information about biosafety procedures in the hospital from the health promotion team.

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Consultations
Sampling
Rapid test
4 cubicles

Here the medical team assesses the patient's condition and carries out the tests. We have two types of tests: the rapid tests, with results available in 15 to 20 minutes; and the PCR tests, which take considerably longer.

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Waiting area
Stable
Patients
7 seats
Hand washing

Patients wait for their test results in this tent.

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Psychological support

COVID-19 is a disease that generates many emotions, so every time we tell someone they have tested positive, we are accompanied by one of our team of psychologists, to help us manage the patient from both a medical and an emotional point of view.

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Contact tracking
Home monitoring
Hygiene Kits

When a patient tests positive, if their condition is stable, their family is contacted. This essential process is what we call active contact-tracing. It is carried out by the health promotion team, who provide information to the family and identify all the close contacts of the patient in order to follow up at their home.

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Inpatient ward
Negative pressure system
Central Oxygen
2 rooms
9 beds

This is the entrance for confirmed coronavirus patients. We will show you what the circuit is like inside, but first let’s prepare ourselves. This is where the patient enters. Here we are entering a restricted room, which is a high-risk area. First we ask the patient to wash their hands. Let’s go to the inpatient ward. This is one of our inpatient wards. Biosecurity is a key part of our circuit, which has been designed so there are high-risk areas, like this one, and low-risk areas. Technicians set up these circuits to ensure that biosecurity is guaranteed for the staff working in the area and for everyone who has access to it.

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Intensive care unit
Mechanical ventilation
2 rooms
6 beds

In the inpatient area is an intensive care unit. Here we manage patients who arrive in a more advanced state of illness.

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Discharged patients exit
Psycological support

When patients are discharged, they arrive here, where they wash their hands, change their mask and then leave through this door, where they finish the circuit. They are usually met here by a psychologist.

MSF has been working in Venezuela since 2015 in various states. When coronavirus broke out, MSF, working with the Ministry of Health and the managers of Pérez de León II hospital, decided to set up a project to provide support and care for the patients here.

Webclip - Hospital Pérez de León II_SPA

Webclip - Hospital Pérez de León II_SPA