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Prisons may be well suited both to the isolation and cleanliness, ” says the chief councilor in Lindesnes Kyrre Jordbakke.
Agder Words new branches in the Mandal and the School should have opened in may and august, but the opening is now on hold because of koronasituasjonen.
at the same time need Sørlandet hospital more space to koronapasienter. They are planning now for that about 260 koronapasienter may be admitted at the same time.
So it looks inside one of the fengselscellene in the brand-new prison in the Mandal. To summer it can stay koronapasienter in here.
Await a top in may
Sykehusdirektør Nina Mevold told at a press conference before the weekend that it may be appropriate to establish field hospitals in order to cover up the need.
Smittetoppen will probably hit the Uk in may, at about the same time as the prison in the Mandal should have been opened.
– This is in many ways a coincidence. Here we are with two brand new buildings, which is not even in use yet. I believe this is an assessment we have to do now, ” says the chief councilor Kyrre Jordbakke.
“rathsherr” in Lindesnes municipality, Kyrre Jordbakke, think it is smart to consider the prison population in the Mandal and Arendal as temporary treatment stations for koronasmittede.
Photo: Svein Sundsdal / NRK Must be in the hospital
Director Tryggve Fosse in the Norwegian Correctional services region southwest, believes it is not inconceivable that the brand new prisons can be used to koronapasienter.
He believes it is not prudent to open the prisons so koronasituasjonen is now.
I can well understand that municipalities thinking of using the prisons, and it is quite possible, ” says Fosse.
Sykehusdirektør Nina Mevold says to NRK that she appreciate the good input from the municipalities, but that the prisons probably will not be appropriate for koronapasienter.
– This is about the capacity of the intensivpasienter. To place respiratorer happens where there is infrastructure for this, such as gas, electricity and ICT. It we are unable to establish a totally different place in a short time.
the Hospital is soon finished with to survey all of area and capacity.
We lay down a part of the planned treatment option our, which we have been asked to do. We resolve first and foremost to our needs on the our three hospitals, ” says Mevold.
Director of the South hospital Nina Mevold.
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Yngve Årøy, fylkesberedskapssjef in the County of Agder, believe that the proposal from Lindesnes municipality is reasonable. He has played it on to the Norwegian correctional services.
the Idea of using a new build that is not taken in the use of the other to koronapasienter, is very good, ” says Årøy.
He adds that he himself has not been in any of the prisons yet, and therefore do not know whether or not they are suitable to helseformål.
the County encourages municipalities to work together on the available capacity.
– One looks for that smittetallene will go up. It is therefore important to survey the available bed capacity also outside the hospitals. This proposal is one of these.
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