The Community of Madrid warns of the "critical" situation due to the lack of sanitary material against the coronavirus

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The Community of Madrid has warned the Ministry of Health of the "critical" situation before the "shortage" of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for doctors and nurses who care for those infected by the coranavirus. In a letter sent on Saturday and signed by the Director General of Public Health, Carmen Yolanda Fuentes, stresses that "the problem is very serious" and that "immediate solutions" are needed.

The concern conveyed in writing from the Government of Isabel Díaz Ayuso to the department headed by Salvador Illa -tal and as the Chain Ser has advanced- is that "for weeks" the centralized purchase of such suits has been expected by the National Institute of Management Sanitary (Ingesa). However, he claims that time has passed "and has not become effective."

As EL MUNDO has been able to know, the Ministry notified the Community of Madrid on Tuesday that it will send said PPE .

The Ministry of Health of Madrid warns that it has contacted several companies, but "they have no material that meets the technical specifications, more after many European countries have banned export." Delivery times to have approved garments would be three weeks.

"Suppliers are offering some type of non-PPE material, which they have available immediately (...), such as surgical gowns and surgical masks, but these do not meet these technical specifications requested by the protocol of the Ministry and that are the ones that finally demand the occupational risk prevention services of our health centers, "warns the Director General of Public Health.

For this reason, in the Community of Madrid, he had proposed to the Central Government to authorize the material that is actually on the market "given the current situation and the associated real risk" or to allow the use of suits that have already "expired the date of use" in the In case they are available.

Likewise, the Ministry of Health proposes that "the real possibility of manufacturing some materials in Spanish territory be valued" through "necessary state support" even if "it is not an immediate solution". It also urges that European Union countries be required to "respect solidarity between member states so that countries without factories and distribution centers have the same possibilities to protect their workers and patients."

The last official balance confirms 782 positive for coronavirus in the Community of Madrid and 21 deceased, all of them with "previous pathologies", according to the Ministry of Health. The number of hospital discharges for improvement is 109.

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