Last October, Denmark sent medical equipment to Romania to help it with the coronavirus pandemic, and now Danish assistance to Romania is coming in a different form.
Two Romanian citizens infected with the coronavirus were flown on a Romanian Air Force plane from Bucharest to Denmark on Saturday to receive treatment at Aarhus University Hospital (AUH), according to Karina Bekpe-Høborg, chief physician in the intensive care unit. She added that the coronavirus situation in Romania is chaotic and hospitals in that Eastern European country are reaching breaking point, and therefore Denmark is now helping to bring patients to Denmark.
According to Executive Vice President Ole Thomsen, the Central Jutland region received an inquiry on Wednesday or Thursday about the possibility of receiving a number of seriously ill patients from Romania, specifically 10-15 patients at risk of death if they do not receive appropriate intensive treatment. At Ole Thomsen's request, Aarhus University Hospital was asked if it was possible to take on that task, and the answer was that there was a possibility of receiving two patients.
He told the source: “My personal stance is that helping to save lives is the right thing to do. We are also under pressure in Denmark, but I am certain that helping two people from Romania will not cost anyone’s life in Denmark.” Ole Thomsen does not expect any more Romanian patients to arrive.
Coronavirus in Romania
More than 50,000 people have died from the coronavirus in Romania, a country with a population of just over 19 million.
In total, more than 1.7 million of the country's inhabitants were infected.
Last week, 3,158 people died from the coronavirus, the highest ever weekly death toll in the country, and only 331 TP3T of the population were fully vaccinated.
Source: Johns Hopkins University
In early October, according to Ritzau, the deputy head of Romanian intensive care units described the situation as hell.
At the same time, the country suspended all non-essential operations in hospitals nationwide for a month, and by mid-October the situation was so desperate that Romania requested assistance from EU countries to alleviate the situation, with Denmark sending medical equipment to Romania in this regard, and a medical team from the Danish Ministry of Health.
