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More headaches, memory loss, sleeping difficulties, gastric problems, and the stress of seeing daily images that showed them as the group most vulnerable to the contagion of the coronavirus: the pandemic has had a strong blow on people’s mental health older people, but it has also shown their resilience in the face of this health crisis. This is demonstrated by the study Quality of Life of Chilean Elderly People during the COVID-19 Pandemic ,The main results of which were presented this Thursday, July 22, by the academic from the UC Institute of Sociology , Soledad Herrera, director of the Center for the Study of Aging and Aging (CEVE UC) .
The surge in coronavirus cases in Spain is starting to have an impact on hospitalsâ ordinary activity. The clearest case is the Valencia region, where non-essential procedures including diagnostic tests and surgeries are being cancelled in order to focus resources on Covid-19 patients. In Catalonia and Galicia, hospitals are also feeling the strain and have begun to cancel procedures that are not considered vital.
âThe forecasts are very bad, and the direction of the epidemiological curve is nearly vertical. If things keep going this way, in 15 days the hospitals will no longer be able to cope,â warned Javier GarcÃa Fernández, president of the Spanish Anesthesiology Society.