The GGD is currently so busy with source and contact research that there is often no time to inform the general practitioner in the event of a positive corona test. GPs want to be there as soon as possible if a patient is infected. According to the GGD, a temporary solution is therefore: inform your own GP.
The GGD does not have a file stating who has which general practitioner and what the contact details are. That is why it is not always possible to quickly inform the general practitioner in the event of a positive corona test.
Oxygen
GPs want to know as soon as possible which patients are infected. Stella Zonneveld, who represents Amsterdam general practitioners in acute care, explains: “We now know from studies that if you start with some oxygen and dexamethasone (an anti-inflammatory) in a seriously ill corona patient from seven days after the first complaints, recovery chances are really greater. “But then you have to know who is infected. It also saves long hospital admissions and ICU admissions if you are caught early.” According to Zonneveld, the problem with corona is that patients at first do not feel that they have little oxygen, while that can be measured. that’s what she says at AvroTros. General practitioners can take on these tasks.
Pragmatic
André Rouvoet of the umbrella organization GGD GHOR Nederland states in a letter to the Acute Care Network that it is now best for tested persons to inform the general practitioner of a positive result. The letter is in the hands of NRC. Rouvoet calls it a ‘pragmatic solution’. He expects people to heed this. ‘Certainly those with health risks’.
