Superbug resisting all known meds infected people in Budapest hospital!

According to RTL Klub, a Hungarian commercial broadcaster, three people have been infected by a superbug resisting even the strongest meds at the intensive care unit of the Uzsoki Street Hospital in Budapest. The hospital leadership cancelled all admissions to the unit and separated the infected patients.

Superbug in Budapest hospital

According to RTL Klub, they got hold of the relevant official letter issued by the National Centre for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNK). Based on the document, three patients have been separated at the intensive care unit of the Uzsoki Street Hospital of Budapest, one of the filiales of Hungary’s prestigious Semmelweis University. Interestingly, the hospital asked the NNK to close the entire unit due to the infestation. However, the NNK did not accept the proposal, so the hospital only separated the infected people. They also made it clear that they were unable to provide separate medical staff for them.

According to the letter sent by the NNK to the hospital, the examination of the contact persons is underway. Tamás Svéd, an intensive therapist, told RTL News that superbugs can cause severe illnesses. The progress of the disease usually depends on the general medical state of the patient, which is why patients needed to be separated and provided with a separate medical team for their treatment. The hospital made it clear that they were unable to provide such medical help, but the NNK still refused to close the entire unit.

An employee said that the hospital did not ban visits to patients, but cancelled admissions to the ward. The hospital confirmed that they cancelled admissions to the unit but said they provided a separate team for the three patients following protocols. They did not comment on the medical state of the patients.

Dramatic scenes in a Budapest hospital

A 70-year-old woman had to lie down on the floor at the emergency department of the Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Hospital in Budapest, RTL News said in another report. The woman was there due to pancreatitis and waited for 13 hours to be told to lie down on the floor. She had severe pain, but the painkiller they gave her was ineffective. Since there was no room to lie down, she collapsed on the floor.

István, the woman’s son, told RTL News that the situation at the emergency department was chaotic. Employees said they had to provide treatment for 36 patients, which is more than enough. Some asked for a bed, but none were free. Others had to vomit in a bag and then lie down on the floor, István added.

The hospital issued a statement saying that doctors and nurses kept all rules, but the event sheds light on the growing pressure on the emergency departments caused by the introduction of the new duty system. The National Directorate General for Hospitals did not comment on the issue, so nobody knows how they would like to deal with the problems.

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