Mayabeque, Cuba: Authorities from the public health sector prioritize compliance with medical protocols in primary care.
From the doctors? offices, the basic health groups guarantee the realization of the active investigation, the evaluation of cases and the performance of PCR, among other activities.
?Today the basic health teams have a very important role since they are immersed in this task against Covid-19, they carry out a 100 percent active investigation, which is very important, because with the results we can evaluate all these people with respiratory symptoms ?, the deputy director of medical assistance in Güines, Dr. Surisaday Ortiz Ravelo, reported.
The role of the family doctor is fundamental in the control of outbreaks, ?when they identify the person with respiratory symptoms, they notify the family doctor, visit the citizen at home, and proceed to transfer him to a health institution?.
In the new care center, a Covid-19 antigen is applied, if the patient is positive they are transferred to an isolation center, where a PCR is done the next day. The fifth is applied by another, X-rays and leucograma are taken to confirm if there is a viral infection?.
Indira La O Herrera
Periodista en Radio Mayabeque
