Auckland Hospital worker in quarantine following PPE protocol incident with a COVID-19 patient flown from Fiji
Auckland Hospital worker in quarantine following PPE protocol incident with a COVID-19 patient flown from Fiji
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A Middlemore Hospital worker in Auckland is in quarantine following a PPE protocol incident relating to the management of a COVID-19 patient who was flown from Fiji to New Zealand.
The New Zealand Herald reports the breach was considered minor and other protections were in place.
New Zealand s Ministry of Health says the Middlemore Hospital-based worker was moved to quarantine as a precaution after they were unable to easily quarantine at home.
The infected patient from Fiji is being flown to Auckland for hospital treatment.
It s reported the person involved is a high-profile staff member employed by an international group currently working in the Covid-struck island nation.
The patient is due to board a special flight that is set to arrive in Auckland this afternoon.
The transfer comes after the Ministry of Health said earlier this week that the formal request had been declined on clinical grounds due to ICU being at full capacity.
The fluidity of the situation at the metro-Auckland DHB ICUs determined this treatment can be provided according to the Ministry of Health.
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New Zealand’s Ministry of Health isn’t looking at making the “novel and emerging technology” standard here, but doesn’t rule it out in future. For Nair, it’s hard seeing public sector patients who could have the procedure – known as transcatheter mitral valve repair, or TMVr.
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The procedure treats mitral regurgitation – a leaky heart valve which lets some blood back into the heart, instead of getting pumped around the body. It makes the heart work harder and can lead to heart failure. It has been in use for about 15 years and he’s seen patients wake from anaesthetic and say “I can breathe again”.
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health
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Around 45,000 New Zealanders are living with hepatitis C. However, due to symptoms often not appearing for many years, half of them may be unaware they have it.
The Director-General of Health, Dr Ashley Bloomfield says hepatitis C is a blood-borne virus that attacks the liver and can lead to cancer.
“The virus is a major public health threat in New Zealand. Around 1,000 people contract hepatitis C every year and 200 people die from it. Hepatitis C is the leading cause of liver transplantation in New Zealand and the second leading cause of liver cancer (behind hepatitis B).