Healthcare Collapse Imminent, Brazil's Sao Paulo Warns
The Philippine Star|April 16, 2021
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s richest and most populous state, Sao Paulo, has warned its ability to care for seriously ill coronavirus patients is on the verge of collapse as it runs perilously low on key drugs, according to a letter to the federal government seen by the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.
Healthcare Collapse Imminent, Brazil's Sao Paulo Warns

Sao Paulo state said it expects to run out of crucial intubation drugs, needed to sedate patients, in the next few days, the paper reported on Wednesday.

“The supply situation regarding drugs, mainly neuromuscular blockers and sedatives, is very serious,” Sao Paulo Health Secretary Jean Gorinchteyn wrote in the letter.

“Collapse is imminent,” he said.

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