Hospital group trains vaccinators as healthcare workers await details of how to get jabs If guidelines are followed, all will be fine - SA Medical Association on vaccine rollout 02 February 2021 - 06:00 By Shonisani Tshikalange and Iavan Pijoos Some health-care workers say they are still in the dark on the vaccine distribution plan. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/LUIS CARCELLER
If all the guidelines in place for the implementation of the vaccine rollout are followed strictly, it will be a success.
This is according to the SA Medical Association (Sama) on Monday.
The first batch of Covid-19 vaccines arrived in the country on Monday afternoon, with the initial doses earmarked for health-care workers on the front line of the battle against the coronavirus pandemic.
Here are the facts.
Statistics from the National Institute of Communicable Diseases show that 1 in 6 people who are admitted to hospital with Covid-19, will die.
Close to half of patients who are admitted to ICU will succumb to the virus. For patients who are ventilated, two-thirds will die. This isn’t an indication of a healthcare system inadequately prepared to deal with the virus. It’s not a reflection on the quality of care provided by individual hospitals.
It is indicative of a very dangerous disease that is spreading faster than ever.
Covid-19 isn’t taking a holiday. And with the different regions experiencing unprecedented infection spikes, those on the front lines; the nurses, medics, doctors, operations and support teams, will not get the rest that they so deserve.