GHA grapples with ‘unprecedented demand’ as Covid hospitalisations continue to rise
Pic: Johnny Bugeja 12th January 2021
The Gibraltar Health Authority is prepping a ‘mini-Nightingale’ ward and has stopped all but critical surgeries as it grapples with an influx of Covid cases needing care.
Across Elderly Residential Services there are 114 positive cases, with a further 31 cases in the Covid-19 Ward and 13 patients in the Critical Care Unit at St Bernard’s Hospital.
The weight of 158 cases needing care has strained the health service, which on Tuesday declared demand was now at an “unprecedented level”.
On Monday the GHA Gold Command meeting decided to raise its organisational posture level to ‘Black’, stopping all but critical cancer surgeries, and life and limb saving surgeries and procedures.