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Singapore has about 1650 isolation beds and 200 ICU places. 25000 people older than 60 (1 in 4 figure from the article) can easily overwhelm this capacity.
by ciceryadam 5y ago
Singapore has about 1650 isolation beds and 200 ICU places. 25000 people older than 60 (1 in 4 figure from the article) can easily overwhelm this capacity.
- m0zg 5y agoEven if that math works, we've been dealing with this for nearly 2 years, and it was clear right from the start the disease would end up endemic. Surely that's enough time to build capacity, or at least procure temporary capacity in neighboring countries? It's not like you need a ton of expensive equipment to care for a COVID patient. It's not a tumah.
- ciceryadam 5y agoWhen a person can no longer survive breathing on their own, the anesthesiologist is called on to intubate them. After that you have the anesthesiologists monitoring all intubated patients. There is no surplus of anesthesiologists anywhere.