“The truth is that anti-viral treatments and vaccines are not expected to have any effect, even at high doses. It is a great fear among the staff. The infection risk is very high among the doctors and health staff.”
I work as a resident doctor in one of the biggest hospitals in Mexico City and sadly, the situation is far from "under control". As a doctor, I realise that the media does not report the truth. Authorities distributed vaccines among all the medical personnel with no results, because two of my partners who worked in this hospital (interns) were killed by this new virus in less than six days even though they were vaccinated as all of us were. The official number of deaths is 20, nevertheless, the true number of victims are more than 200. I understand that we must avoid to panic, but telling the truth it might be better now to prevent and avoid more deaths. Yeny Gregorio Davila, Mexico City
I'm a specialist doctor in respiratory diseases and intensive care at the Mexican National Institute of Health. There is a severe emergency over the swine flu here. More and more patients are being admitted to the intensive care unit. Despite the heroic efforts of all staff (doctors, nurses, specialists, etc) patients continue to inevitably die. The truth is that anti-viral treatments and vaccines are not expected to have any effect, even at high doses. It is a great fear among the staff. The infection risk is very high among the doctors and health staff.
There is a sense of chaos in the other hospitals and we do not know what to do. Staff are starting to leave and many are opting to retire or apply for holidays. The truth is that mortality is even higher than what is being reported by the authorities, at least in the hospital where I work it. It is killing three to four patients daily, and it has been going on for more than three weeks. It is a shame and there is great fear here. Increasingly younger patients aged 20 to 30 years are dying before our helpless eyes and there is great sadness among health professionals here. Antonio Chavez, Mexico City
私はメキシコ国立健康研究所(the Mexican National Institute of Health)の呼吸器疾病と 集中医療の専門医です。ここでは豚インフルエンザについて重大な緊急事態になっています。 集中治療室に、次々と新しい患者が運びこまれてきています。 スタッフ全員(医師・看護士・専門家)の果敢な努力にもかかわらず、 患者たちの死を回避することができません。 実のところ、抗ウィルス治療とワクチンはなんの効果もないと考えられています。 スタッフの間には大きな恐怖があります。 医師と医療スタッフに対する感染リスクは非常に高いです。
私はMexican National Institute of Healthの呼吸器・ICU専門医です。 豚インフルの激しい緊急事態が展開しています。 次から次へとICUに担ぎ込まれて来ています。 スタッフの超人的努力にかかわらず、なすすべもなく患者が次々亡くなってゆきます。 本当のことを言うと、抗ウイルス薬もワクチンも効きません。 量を増やしてもダメです。スタッフの間に恐怖が拡がっています。 医師・看護師の感染リスクは非常に高い。
>>17 I think there is a real lack of information and sadly, preventative action. In the capital of my state, Oaxaca, there is a hospital closed because of a death related to the porcine influenza. In the papers they recognise only two people dead for that cause. Many friends working in hospitals or related fields say that the situation is really bad, they are talking about 19 people dead in Oaxaca, including a doctor and a nurse. They say they got shots but they were told not to talk about the real situation. Our authorities say nothing. Life goes on as usual here.
Young people are going to schools and universities. Buses and planes go and come from Mexico City as frequently as before. Even with two people dead locally, last night the local baseball stadium was full, mainly with young people. What's really happening? I know vaccines are good for nothing, and if you take care, maybe you won't die, so, why not acknowledge the real situation? I know that the economic situation is not the best, and it will worsen with panic. But panic comes from a lack of information. Many people travel for pleasure or without any real need. Stopping those unjustified trips can help a lot to ease the situation. We must do something!