Prime Minister Ludovic Orban said on Friday that problems related to the infection with the new coronavirus occurred in hospitals under the subordination of local authorities, not in those on the frontline - either because of the managers or the medical staff, or due to poor protection means.
"Hospitals are subordinated to various levels. In the hospitals that are on the frontline of the battle with the new coronavirus, no cases of illness have occurred and the same goes for the hospitals that were planned for the second line and will be clearly established today by order, so that they receive patients. Cases occurred especially at the level of local subordination, I do not want to blame the local authorities, here we have to be honest, sometimes the managers were to blame, in other cases the medical staff. Moreover, one factor that contributed to the infection of the medical staff was the precariousness of the protection measures of the medics," said Orban, when asked about the measures he will take to prevent the epidemic from reaching the hospitals.
He added that there are procedures, but unfortunately they were not followed.
"The procedures exist. At the moment, we have taken measures: triage. We have established in many hospitals and made available tents outside the emergency units. (...) Unfortunately, they were not respected," he said. Orban,mentioning the case of the University Hospital, where the first dead person had symptoms, but diagnosis was delayed for 48 hours and no special protective measures were taken.