CITY OF MEXICO (apro) .- #With nearly 2,000 deaths from covid-19, the city of #Len, #Guanajuato, suffers from a hospital crisis. The three most important private hospitals no longer have beds to care for infected people.
#According to information from the daily AM, the #Angeles, #Mdica #Campestre and #Aranda de la #Parra hospitals no longer have beds to care for the infected. #And if they find one available, the advance they must pay ranges from 50,000 to 350,000 pesos.
The #State #Secretary of #Health has registered 901 covid beds, of which 1% are from 60 private hospitals. #Until #Sunday 27 there were 1,010 confirmed infections in private institutions, where the cost of the covid test is 5,000 to 8,000 pesos.
#According to data from the #Mexican #Association of #Insurance #Institutions, in private clinics the cost of hospitalization ranges from 15,000 to 50,000 pesos, and the average daily expense is 17,000 pesos.
The average cost of hospital care nationwide, according to the association, is 387 thousand 557 pesos, although there are cases of patients who paid up to 4 million pesos, the #Guanajuato newspaper reported.
#Len is close to 2 thousand deaths from covid-19, while the capital, #Guanajuato, has up to today 5 thousand 507.
#Yesterday, #Governor #Diego #Sinhue #Rodrguez #Vallejo was hospitalized after catching #Covid-19.
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