Why is the ambulance delayed? - OFFICIAL STATEMENT
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Tayyar Eyvazov, chief infectious disease specialist of the Ministry of Health, commented on the question of when coronavirus patients and COVID-19 suspects should go to the clinic and in which cases to the Emergency Medical Service. According to him, self-isolation at home, other protective measures, various questions about the disease can be discussed with the outpatient doctor and medical staff: "It is inadmissible to call an ambulance for this purpose and it causes an overload of the service and its means of communication.
Only high fever, sudden deterioration of the patient's condition, suffocation, etc. should be referred to the ambulance. should be applied during. In some cases, coronavirus patients receiving treatment at home may be called by the outpatient clinic when the condition worsens.
It should be taken into account that every unreasonable call for an ambulance delays the necessary medical care for a critically ill patient. "Let's be responsible, use all and proper means of protection, protect ourselves and our loved ones, reduce contact, isolate ourselves when we feel the symptoms of the disease, consult a doctor and not risk the lives of others," he said.
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