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Vigo Hospitals Near Full Capacity as Flu Wave and Holiday Rush Strain Emergency Care

Managers cut elective scheduling during staff holidays to favor medical admissions without canceling operations.

Overview

  • Bed occupancy stands at roughly 95% across Álvaro Cunqueiro and Meixoeiro, according to Sergas figures reported Monday.
  • Emergency departments saw very high attendance over the holiday weekend, including 616 adult patients and 797 total at Cunqueiro on December 26.
  • In the past three days, roughly 279–285 patients were admitted to wards from emergency departments in Vigo.
  • Demand is also very high in intensive care, the reanimation unit, and in internal medicine, pneumology and geriatrics, hospital leadership says.
  • Operating rooms are running at about 60% with roughly 40% fewer scheduled procedures due to staff vacations, and hospitals are using expedited discharges and home hospitalization as officials warn of a possible new flu peak after Christmas gatherings.