Covid-19 Hospital admissions
Mario Funken made this Official Information request to Ministry of Health
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From: Mario Funken
Dear Ministry of Health,
please provide the following information regarding the Covid-19 cases that required hospital care during the current delta outbreak so far.
1. How many of those cases have been hospitalised for
a) Covid-19 related acute health issues as a primary reason?
b) unrelated acute health issues as a primary reason while testing positive for Covid?
c) monitoring purposes only (no acute health issues at time of admission)?
2. What was the average time spent in hospital?
3. How many of those cases required supplemental oxygen at some point during their hospital stay?
Yours faithfully,
M Funken
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From: Mario Funken <[FOI #17231 email]>
Sent: Monday, 18 October 2021 11:10
To: OIA Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Covid-19 Hospital admissions
Dear Ministry of Health,
please provide the following information regarding the Covid-19 cases that
required hospital care during the current delta outbreak so far.
1. How many of those cases have been hospitalised for
a) Covid-19 related acute health issues as a primary reason?
b) unrelated acute health issues as a primary reason while testing
positive for Covid?
c) monitoring purposes only (no acute health issues at time of
admission)?
2. What was the average time spent in hospital?
3. How many of those cases required supplemental oxygen at some point
during their hospital stay?
Yours faithfully,
M Funken
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