Covid-19 in Cúcuta: there are 115 active cases and 30 of them are in ICU - Other Cities - Colombia

health authorities in Cucuta Campaigns and strategies have increased to advance the process of vaccinationwhich to date, remains at 70 percent.

According to the municipal Health Secretariat, since last February 19, the day when the vaccination process began, more than 456 vaccination days have been carried out, which includes house-to-house nocturnal vaccination and vaccination in vehicles.

Daniel Durán, covid-19 care coordinator, indicated that in Cúcuta there are 115 active cases and the number since the start of the pandemic exceeds 73,000 cases.

We have 30 ICU beds occupied with covid-19 cases, and the previous week we had 59 cases; that is, we have reduced the number of people in ICU beds by 50 percent

“We have 30 ICU beds occupied with covid-19 cases, and the previous week we had 59 cases; that is, we have reduced the number of people in ICU beds by 50 percent,” the official said.

When reviewing the statistics, during February 2021 Cúcuta registered 6,733 cases and there were 390 deaths, while in 2022 11,476 cases and 211 deaths were identified.

“Although it is double the number of confirmed cases, it is almost half the number of deaths in 2022, which reflects that the lethality has decreasedDuran added.

For his part, Carlos Martínez, director of the Departmental Institute of Health of Norte de Santander (IDS), confirmed that since March 1 Cucuteños can dispense with the mandatory use of masks in public spaces.

“It is important to remember that there are restrictions on the use of face masks, especially in schools and colleges in the city and on public transport (…) This is not a reason to relax, but to continue supporting the vaccination process,” Martínez said.

In Cúcuta, 30 percent of the population has not yet been vaccinated against covid-19. This is equivalent to 77,000 first doses and 236,000 second doses to complete regimens.

Another active councilor from Cartagena was convicted and sent to jail - Other Cities - Colombia

The Superior Court of Cartagena sentenced the active councilor to 48 months in prison of the capital of Bolívar César Pión, and former city councilor Américo Mendoza for malfeasance by action.

According to the high court, Pión and Mendoza, as president and vice president of the council, would have issued 18 resolutions in 2011 that favored the readjustment of fees in several of their colleagues and former colleagues for a value that exceeds $7,609 million pesoswhile the city is condemned to poverty by its rulers.

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Statements on ruling issued by the court of Bolívar regarding an action that dates back to 2012

As a public person we are respectful of court rulings and will act based on the law to demonstrate the legality of our actions. pic.twitter.com/MaqzLWiy39

— Cesar Pion (@cesarpiong) February 2, 2022

“We public men have to be respectful of the law and comply with judicial rulings,” said César Pión in a video that he made public on his social networks.

He orders disqualification from exercising public functions for a term of 80 months and requests that arrest warrants be issued against César Augusto Pión González and Américo Elías Mendoza Quesep and the serving of a sentence of 48 months in prison under the house modality. for jail.

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“We don’t hide, we show our faces and we respect the law, and if we have to pay for mistakes… well, we have to pay for mistakes,” added Pión.

This is the first conviction of both public figures, who may resort to appeals.

The councilwoman who traveled in a car
where they hid a kilo of cocaine

On January 21, a judge ordered house arrest for the president of the Cartagena Council, Gloria Estrada, captured when she was found in a van in which a kilo of cocaine, a firearm and 7,950,000 pesos were being transported.

The measure will be maintained while the trial for the crimes of manufacture and possession of narcotics is carried out. According to the judge, the house arrest is given because Estrada has “the right to the presumption of his innocence, while a trial proves otherwise, especially the condition of chance mentioned by his defenders.”

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The president of the Cartagena Council, who belongs to the Liberal Party, was captured at a police checkpoint in the Manga neighborhood, when she was on her way home for lunch.

According to the investigations, the lobbyist would be at the service of criminal gangs, but she has said that the vehicle is not hers and “that she did not know that substance was going there. How could I see that this substance was under the driver’s seat?

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Active surveillance against infertility caused by uterine fibroids

Between 40% and 70% of women will suffer at some point in their lives “the benignity” of uterine fibroids, an abnormal growth of smooth muscle tissue that can cause, in some cases, infertility and sterility if it is localized in the endometrial wall, even more so at 30 and 40 years of age.

Active surveillance against the “perversity” of uterine fibroids

“They are more frequent in women who have not given birth, in those who have had very early menstruation or due to factors, let’s say, hereditary, possibly related to the hormonal system,” says Dr. Carmen Sala, an obstetrician and gynecologist and expert in quality of life of the woman of the Clinic Gine-3 of Barcelona.

If a woman bleeds between periods or her period is very heavy, sometimes with clots, or lasts longer than usual, or she has frequent urination or cramps or pain during periods or pressure in the lower abdomen, surely you will have developed one or multiple uterine fibroids in different pelvic locations.

“You have a uterine myoma -I inform the patient after carrying out the relevant diagnostic tests-… Of course! My mother had an operation for a fibroid… Oops! And you’ve seen my sister too -she comments-… Surely it is not genetic, but it is a kind of family physiological characteristic».

And it should be noted that approximately half of women will have a uterine fibroid around the age of fifty.

The determining location of uterine fibroids

Broadly speaking, uterine fibroids -fibromas- can be of an inappreciable size at a gynecological view or of a size that is frightening, giving very notorious cases of tumor masses greater than the weight of a newborn baby; but even so, the important thing is its pelvic location: in the intrauterine area –submucosos e intramurales– or in the ectopic area –subserosos-.

“Women with submucosal fibroids will have much more abundant periods and last for many more days. So much so that even the family doctor can detect anemia after seeing the hemoglobin data in an analysis of the patient, “says Dr. Sala.

“Submucous fibroids -intrauterine- can cause implantation failure during infertility treatments. As for sterility, as these fibroids occupy a space within the uterus, they can cause abortions, premature births or delays in fetal growth, ”he indicates.

“If the placenta inserts right into the pared endometrial where this type of fibroid has developed, the tumor can cause serious pathologies, such as placental abruption”, highlights the gynecologist.

Subserosal fibroids can reach very large sizes.

“They took one of four kilos from my mother”… a woman in the consultation told me. These fibroids frequently generate compression problems by resting on the bladder, making you want to pee more often, or on the rectal area, causing constipation”, he describes.

About the treatments, will depend on the woman’s age, location, size and symptoms (around 30% cause symptoms), but each fibroid will be treated specifically and individually.

“If the fibroid is a casual finding in a gynecological examination and does not produce symptoms, no treatment will be necessary, since they do not degenerate into malignancy,” he explains.

“If the woman is in the process of pregnancy and a submucosal fibroid is detected, selective surgical treatment will have to be applied to avoid serious problems, such as failure of the placenta to implant.”

Clarifies Dr. Sala Salmerón

Depending on the case, radiofrequency ablation of fibroids may also be used, which is performed vaginally through a suitable needle that applies heat inside the fibroid and necroses its tissue. Myoma reduces its volume and its symptoms.