(Prensa.com) Officials of the Social Security Fund (CSS) reported this Tuesday, August 9, that 21 patients who had bacteria resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae carbapenemase (KPC) have died so far, according to official records.
In a press conference, Miguel Angel Cáceres, Assistant Medical Director of Arnulfo Arias Madrid Hospital of CSS, said that in addition there are seven people colonized with bacteria.
Until last week, the authorities of the Hospital had said that 16 people had died with the bacteria KPC.
In the presence of this bacterium in the facilities, formed a working group involving national and international experts, who analyze the situation of KPC.
Currently, the facilities of the Fund is adequately advancing to move patients from the orthopedic ward at the Hospital of December 24, while expected on Friday August 12 begin remodeling the room Intensive Care Hospital, where he detected the presence of bacteria.