Reporters from Listín Diario noticed a number of sufferers, predominantly kids, with widespread signs reminiscent of cough, congestion, fever, fatigue, and basic malaise. Though most have been kids, adults with flu-like signs have been additionally seen.
Santo Domingo— Throughout November and December, a number of hospitals within the Nationwide District have registered a big enhance within the variety of sufferers affected by numerous respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses, with kids being probably the most weak group.
Dr. Mabel Jones, director of the Kids’s Hospital, confirmed the presence within the surroundings of the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), Influenza A and B, H1N1, and a few gastrointestinal viruses, all of that are answerable for numerous infections.
Reporters of Listin Diario visited two well being facilities and noticed a number of sufferers, predominantly kids, with widespread signs reminiscent of cough, congestion, fever, tiredness, and basic malaise. Though most of them have been infants, adults with flu-like signs have been additionally seen.
The tour started on the Robert Reid Cabral Kids’s Hospital, the place moms and dads have been in search of pressing medical consideration for his or her kids.
Within the corridors and ready rooms, there have been kids, primarily aged three months to 5 years, coming for routine check-ups in addition to for therapy of flu issues.
Karen de la Cruz, mom of a kid, traveled from Haina, San Cristóbal, as a result of her son has had “a fever that won’t go away” and numerous coughing because the starting of the month. She indicated that the scenario has continued for the final two months.
On the precise heart, Gloribel Santos reported that her three-month-old daughter has been intermittently affected by cough and congestion, signs which have worsened over the previous few days, prompting her switch to Santo Domingo.
Dr. Mabel Jones emphasised a sequence of suggestions for the inhabitants, reminiscent of: don’t ship kids to highschool in the event that they current signs; use masks if they’re already contaminated; wash fingers ceaselessly; don’t medicate with out the pediatrician’s authorization; and get vaccinated to keep away from additional issues.
Scenario at Ciudad Sanitaria
On the Ciudad Sanitaria Dr. Luis Eduardo Aybar, a case of a five-year-old woman with flu-like signs was reported. Her aunt, María Concepción, talked about that the kid has been affected by flu-like signs for a number of weeks and has required three visits to the middle.
“We have brought her here three times and the doctors have told me that it is viral. She has presented cough and fever, but has not been serious,” he stated.
The medical workforce at Ciudad Sanitaria offered epidemiological knowledge indicating 37 circumstances of acute febrile higher respiratory diseases in November.
As well as, medical doctors from the Centro Especializado de Atención Ambulatoria en Salud Dr. Nelson Astacio, connected to the Ciudad Sanitaria, confirmed that a lot of the circumstances occurred in kids.
Vaccination facilities
The Ministry of Public Well being has 71 vaccination facilities energetic in Larger Santo Domingo and the Nationwide District to fight seasonal influenza. Nonetheless, workers on the Ministry of Public Well being vaccination tent indicated that the inflow of individuals remains to be not large.
An worker of the Santo Socorro Hospital, nevertheless, assured that they do obtain residents of various ages, together with “children with their parents, senior citizens and others,” who can discover vaccines towards influenza and different viruses.