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To date, the country officially has 194 deaths, a figure that has increased markedly in recent weeks, as well as the number of cases registered during this second wave of Covid-19. There are more and more serious cases and health centers such as the hospital in Mali are overwhelmed.
as reported from Bamako, Kaourou Magassa
About a hundred people surround in small groups the building for the treatment of Covid-19 cases at the hospital in Mali. In silence, they wait to hear from their loved ones or simply their turn for a test.
“We arrived, an hour has passed, the patient is still in the ambulance and we are waiting for treatment. Maybe they are overwhelmed, I do not know, but it is still not normal, the regulations must be there, when a patient comes, he must be taken care of, it is an emergency “, appreciates a patient, in which outrage rises.
It is impossible for accompanying persons to enter to avoid contamination. On the premises, the staff struggles to keep pace. “There are too many patients for the number of doctors present. Thankfully, my father manages to talk, I had him on the phone, he has oxygen, but according to his own confession, the follow-up is very difficult “, testifies Nana, whose father has been in hospital for three days.
In the last week, the staff responsible for Covid-19 at the hospital in Mali has doubled, but this is still insufficient for the 80 patients who are hospitalized today. But for Professor Yena, a breast surgeon at the hospital, more needs to be done. “There is no real policy for the development of barrier measures. In city halls, weddings continue as if nothing had happened, deaths, funerals, it’s the same, and even meetings, instead of teleworking, there are many people who stay together, ” he irritates.
As of December 13, Mali has nearly 2,000 active cases of coronavirus disease, a figure that has increased by almost 80% compared to the previous week. 194 people have died from Covid-19 in the country.
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