Round table: the COVID pandemic and its medical impact on mutual insurance companies
The National School of Occupational Medicine - Instituto de Salud Carlos III and Fraternidad-Muprespa held an online round table on October 28 with the title: “ The COVID pandemic and its medical impact on Mutual Insurance Companies”, where professionals from our Mutua and Fremap, Asepeyo and MC Mutual have participated.
The pandemic caused by the SARS Cov-2 virus has shaken the entire world. In Spain, the numbers of infected people with severe symptoms have forced many health centers to be converted and adapted to accommodate the large number of patients who required hospitalization, and these professionals have told us about their first-hand experience and have shared with us their conclusions: the importance of the work carried out caring for COVID patients, as well as the need to strengthen collaboration between mutual insurance companies and to take care of our health professionals.
Emilia Sanchez, General Director of Planning, Research and Training of the Ministry of Health of the Community of Madrid has inaugurated the day, giving way to Mª Jesús Terradillos, director of the National School of Occupational Medicine - Carlos III Health Institute, who presented the table and thanked the doctor Antonio Ortega, head of the Internal Medicine unit Hospital Fraternidad-Muprespa Havana, for being the promoter of the day.
For Dr. Ortega, it was necessary to share the experiences lived during the first wave of COVID by the hospitals of the Mutual Collaborators with Social Security, normally dedicated exclusively to trauma practice, and this from the perspective that what was experienced has been an event worthy of going down in history.
He also commented that at the Fraternidad-Muprespa Habana Hospital, doctors were recruited, protocols were made and the professionals who came to help were trained. And both management, pharmacy and nursing did their best to ensure that all professionals had the best working conditions, to end by highlighting that the hospital is currently free of COVID, at full capacity and with all protocols applied.
For your part ,Milena Rosales, from the Care Coordination and IT control center of Fraternidad-Muprespa, has made a presentation on the sick leave processes and their impact on the COVID period.
From the hand of Ignacio Cerron, care doctor and COVID ward at the Hospital
Next Carmen de la Pena, head of Internal Medicine service Hospital Fremap Majadahonda, has explained what the arrival of the first 13 patients transferred from Severo Ochoa meant, a figure that increased to 108 patients with an average age of 71.7 between 33 and 96 years."The hospital was reconditioned, the staff was readjusted, and direct access was made to COVID patients. We had a 24-hour laboratory technician and psychiatry, psychology and social work created a work group that, with video calls and telephone, were live with the family members, in addition to helping all the professionals who were there".
Gabriel Ruiz, head of the Anesthesiology service at the same hospital, explained how the Post-Anesthesia Recovery Unit (PACU) had to be converted into an ICU.
For its part,Alejo Erice, head of the Department of Internal Medicine Hospital Asepeyo Coslada He explained that the pandemic began to take shape at the end of 2019, and that in February they had a protocol for the treatment of these patients in an isolation area and with the appropriate use of PPE.
For your part , Javier Gutierrez, Head of the Internal Medicine Section of the same hospital wanted to pay tribute to the Hospital and its staff: “it was a challenge, without any preparation, and it was carried out. The hospital was transformed, with 2 floors for COVID patients, a discharge protocol was carried out because we only had a 35% death rate and all teamwork turns out much better.”
On behalf of MC Mutual has intervened Juan Carlos Serfaty, head of the Traumatology service Copernicus Clinic, who has pointed out that they received 53 patients with an average age of 90 years and only had a 10% mortality rate. He has also intervened Javier Arroyo, of the Internal Medicine service of the aforementioned clinic.
