Heightened Covid-19 prevention measures exhaust Shanghai’s medical resources, leaving high-risk patients without treatment
- Shanghai’s virus control measures have soaked up the city’s medical resources, with hundreds of doctors and nurses deployed to temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients
- With just half of the city’s public hospitals open on Friday, only emergency treatment could be offered to patients
Shanghai’s heightened virus control and prevention measures have resulted in unmet medical demands for hundreds of patients who have been left untreated because of a shortage of resources.
A de facto citywide lockdown amid a resurgence in Covid-19 infections has already soaked up the city’s medical resources, according to two senior executives with Shanghai’s top public hospitals.
Besides hundreds of doctors and nurses who are either confined to homes or allocated to temporary hospitals to treat Covid-19 patients, there is a shortage of key medical devices.
A Puxi resident said her 64-year-old father with kidney disease has gone five days without dialysis after Covid-19 cases were found at the hospital where he goes for regular treatment.
“My father’s legs are swelling up seriously, and so is his face. Now he cannot even talk,” said the woman who only wished to be identified as Dissona, adding that he needs the treatment three times a week.
