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'This virus is very contagious': a Russian-speaking doctor in New York told why it is dangerous to quarantine

'01.05.2020'

Vita Popova

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Resuscitator Evgeny Savransky works in one of the most dangerous hospitals in New York. He told why coronavirus is so dangerous, and why, so far, in no case should quarantine be terminated. Read more about this in the video of the publication. "Voice of America".

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The situation in New York hospitals

Evgeny Savransky is a resuscitator from New York. He said that at the beginning of the pandemic, the hospital where he works had four intensive care wards, and now there are twice as many. “I work at night and am in charge of one such new ward,” he said.

There are 12 patients in this ward, all with COVID-19. “In general, now almost all resuscitation is patients with COVID-19,” he added.

Speaking about the number of deaths, the doctor said that in the first week of the epidemic, the number of victims was 3-4 people every day. But the situation has improved since then. Now many do not need ventilation. “We have already discharged some patients from intensive care,” he said.

According to Savransky, the improvement process is just beginning, as hard patients do not recover in a day or two. People who were connected to lung ventilation devices 7-10 days ago are only now beginning to recover.

Throughout his medical practice, Savransky admitted, he had never encountered anything like it. None of his colleagues have ever seen a real epidemic either. “We were prepared for such a situation theoretically, at the level of intellectual exercises,” said the doctor. "No one has ever faced a crisis of this magnitude, either in this country or in the world."

The hardest thing to treat COVID-19

The hardest part about this disease is that it affects more than one organ, and not only the lungs. Many patients develop pathologies requiring dialysis, hypercoagulation develops - a decrease in the ability of blood to clot with the appearance of a tendency to re-bleeding and hemorrhage.

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At the same time, the virus can cause encephalopathy - damage to the central nervous system, the doctor said. “People remain in a coma for a long time,” he said, adding that doctors have to deal with a whole bunch of diseases. Each of these diseases is known and treatable in its own right, but with this virus they all manifest in one patient, Savransky said. This is why it is very difficult to treat it.

When quarantine can be terminated

He is convinced that it is by no means possible to weaken the restrictive requirements for the population. After all, it used to be believed that only people who have symptoms (fever, cough, runny nose) are contagious. It is now known that this is not the case. “This virus is very, very contagious. Much more contagious than regular flu. Therefore, until the majority of the population in all regions of the country passes the coronavirus test, until we know exactly what percentage of the population in each geographic area is infected and can infect others, in no case should the restrictive quarantine requirements be relaxed, ”the doctor said.

Although Yevgeny Savransky had the opportunity to refuse to work with those infected with COVID-19, he did not do it. “I don’t want to say big words, but this is my job. In such a situation, I could not sit out, ”the doctor explained succinctly.

You can watch the full version of the video at this link.

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