Covid, hospital gynecologists: “Work harder, reassure pregnant women”

(beraking latest news Salute) – “The pandemic was a terrible period, but certainly for pregnant women it was a very difficult moment because, especially in the initial phase, there was a lot of fear of entering hospitals and facilities for fear of contagion or in any case not to be protected. Right from the start, at all birth points, we took steps to prepare different paths, for women who did not have the infection and for women who, on the other hand, had suspicion of positivity to Covid. Over the months the situation has definitely improved with tampons. Our problem was above all having to reassure women, inviting them to undergo checks and visits that could not and cannot be postponed “. This was stated to beraking latest news Salute by Elsa Viora, president of the Association of Hospital Obstetricians and Gynecologists, who with five other female presidents of medical and scientific societies affiliated with FISM (Italian Federation of Medical-Scientific Societies) was received yesterday morning at Palazzo Giustiniani by the President of the Senate Casellati, a few days before the National Health Day of Onna, to discuss the situation of Italian female doctors and their difficulties exacerbated by the pandemic emergency.

Telemedicine in obstetrics and gynecology is still little used, but to stay close to “our patients we used telephone contact with the hospital’s outpatient clinic, with family clinics. Few health facilities are still organized with telemedicine, which in any case can represent an alternative to visiting in person “.

But if previously the fear was the virus, today the main concern for pregnant women is vaccination. “The fear of vaccinations is very widespread at the moment, but in particular for pregnant women – confirms Viora – and for women who are breastfeeding. We as a scientific society have made a document aimed at reassuring pregnant and breastfeeding women to undergo vaccination without hesitation. The vaccine is not harmful, on the contrary it has a protective effect on the newborn and on the health of the pregnant woman. Recent studies tell us that pregnancy represents a risk and complication factor for women at this stage of life “.