Peru: Additional Pan American towers will be made available to serve COVID-19 patients

Therefore, the two additional towers will be equipped with 1,112 hospital beds and essential furniture for the treatment and care of patients infected or suspected of suffering from COVID-19.

 

This was reported by EsSalud spokesman Pedro Ripalda, who specified that it was urgently necessary to start the implementation of new rooms in this village given the fast growth in confirmed cases during the second COVID-19 wave, which caused the first two towers —operating with more than 1,000 beds— to become fully occupied.

"We have observed the need to expand the (amount of) beds due to the rapid increase of cases. Last Saturday, a regulation was published that allows us to rely on the budget framework to finance the increase of beds, with the aim of doubling the number of beds in two additional towers," Ripalda said in remarks to Andina news agency.

For this reason, EsSalud warned of this need and requested a budget from the Government for the setting up of an observation room and two new towers with 1,112 beds —in addition to the ones that already exist to treat citizens who were admitted to this isolation center.

Thus, the Government transferred S/17.33 million (about US$4.75 million) for the setting up of 1,112 beds in the Pan American Village, aimed at the care of confirmed COVID-19 patients, as well as of insured and uninsured symptomatic citizens.

Lastly, EsSalud specified that the Pan American Village's isolation center has been operating for more than 10 months in Lima's peripheral Villa El Salvador district.