What is ‘Aspergillus’, the contagious fungus that forced the closure of five wards of a public hospital in Chile?

The El Pino hospital, a public health facility located in the municipality of San Bernardo, in the southern part of Santiago de Chile, has set off its alarms this Sunday after its facilities detected two cases of patients affected by pulmonary aspergillosis, a disease caused by Aspergillus, a contagious fungus that causes several ailments, mainly respiratory. On Monday, the health authorities of the Metropolitan Region have announced that they w…

The medical facility had to enable operating rooms in another area to avoid interrupting the schedule of scheduled surgeries.

The deputy director of the Southern Metropolitan Health Service explained that the situation originated from scheduled work on the hospital's infrastructure.

El Pino Hospital, the main health agency in the southwest of the capital of Chile, today announced the closure of five of its surgical pavilions after detecting

Recently, El Pino Hospital reported the presence of two patients infected with pulmonary aspergillosis, an infection caused by the fungus Aspergillus, which forced the closure of five wards of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the enclosure. The information was communicated by the same health center of San Bernardo, detailing that the two cases correspond to people interned in the ICU. Also read: 5 actions that will help you to take care of your …