{"id":115660,"date":"2021-03-05T15:07:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=115660"},"modified":"2021-03-05T15:07:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:07:29","slug":"czech-republic-asks-other-countries-for-help-with-covid-19-patients-health-ministry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/czech-republic-asks-other-countries-for-help-with-covid-19-patients-health-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Czech Republic asks other countries for help with COVID-19 patients: health ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members transport a patient infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) after transfer from Zlin region to Prague, Czech Republic, November 6, 2020. REUTERS\/David W Cerny<\/figcaption><p>PRAGUE (Reuters) &#8211; The Czech Republic has asked Germany, Switzerland and Poland to take in dozens of COVID-19 patients as the situation in its own hospitals has reached a critical point, Prague\u2019s Health Ministry said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The country of 10.7 million has been one of the hardest-hit globally in recent weeks as many regional hospitals, overwhelmed by the inflow of coronavirus patients, had to transfer them elsewhere, in some cases taking them hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe large number of newly infected patients has intensified pressure on the healthcare system, and the number of patients requiring hospitalisation is growing,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>As of Friday morning, there were 8,153 COVID patients hospitalised, including 1,735 requiring intensive care, Health Ministry data showed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn some regions, the hospitals have exhausted their capacity and they are no longer able to provide appropriate care or to accept new patients without help from others,\u201d Health Minister Jan Blatny said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>Across the country, 13% of the overall intensive care capacity was available, while in the capital Prague, the free capacity was at 5%.<\/p>\n<p>Neighbouring Slovakia transferred its first coronavirus patients abroad this week as its hospitals filled with COVID-19 patients.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-czech-help\/czech-republic-asks-other-countries-for-help-with-covid-19-patients-health-ministry-idUSKBN2AX1E3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members transport a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":115659,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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