This season, 51 patients died of flu or its complications in Eastern Hospital

Although the Center for Disease Prevention and Control announced on April 25 that the flu epidemic is over, RAKUS is still treating patients whose flu contributed to complicated health problems. Statistics show that 430 patients were treated this flu season, of which 379 were cured and discharged, but unfortunately 51 patients died from flu or its complications.

According to the data collected by RAKUS, the largest number of flu patients were treated in the inpatient “Latvijas Infektologija centrs” – a total of 242 people, of which 237 patients had flu as the main diagnosis, and 11 patients – a secondary diagnosis.

Professor Baiba Rozentāle, chief physician of the inpatient “Latvijas Infektologija centrs”, emphasizes that the flu differs from other colds in terms of the severity of the complications it causes, but the most effective way to protect against it is vaccination. She claims that thanks to the fact that last year the state paid for flu vaccinations for a wide range of citizens and people willingly used this opportunity, the decision to get vaccinated against the flu not only helped doctors fight for the health of chronically ill patients, but also saved the lives of a large number of patients in their senior years.

She informs that not a single patient who had been vaccinated against the flu died in the inpatient “Latvian Infectology Center”, although patients with extremely severe health complications caused by the flu were treated there.