TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras,
Sept. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Catracho, the COVID-19 treatment method Honduras is using to save lives, was one of
the 150 formulas chosen from 30,000 ones presented at the European
Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
Conference on Coronavirus, with the co-participation of the
American Infectious Diseases Association, in Basel, Switzerland.
The research presented by Honduran doctors Óscar Díaz,
Fernando Valerio and Miguel Sierra, creators of Catracho treatment,
will be published as one of the great contributions in reducing
deaths by Covid-19.
Catracho – as Hondurans are colloquially called – is an acrostic
made up of the names (in English) of its main components:
colchicine, anti-inflammatories, tocilizumab, ivermectin, blood
thinners, and hydroxychloroquine.
The Central American country had one of the highest fatality
rates from coronavirus in Latin
America. On March 10th, the
first case of covid-19 was reported in Honduras and at the beginning of April the
mortality rate was 14.5%. On April
23, a multi-mechanism treatment protocol based on the
pathophysiology of covid-19 was implemented and by July 18TH, 31,966 patients were confirmed with
the disease. The fatality rate at that time had decreased to 2.66%,
representing a decrease of 81.6%.
"I am proud that we can tell the world that Honduras has become part of contemporary world
history with golden letters, that is something that no one will
take from us" the Honduran Doctor Miguel
Sierra-Hoffman said, in reference to the contribution of
Honduras to science and finding a
cure against the novel coronavirus. Doctor Sierra exercise medicine
in the United States of
America.
"We have given the world an answer on how to address the virus
in critically ill patients, lowering mortality in Honduras, a country with many limitations and
with one of the worst prognoses when the pandemic entered," said
the doctor. According to Sierra-Hoffman, "from a scientific point
of view it is a great merit and achievement for humanity".
The president of Honduras, Juan
Orlando Hernández, congratulated the team of researchers. "We have
to be proud of what is ours in the midst of this tragedy and
Catracho is an example of this since it has been structured by
Honduran doctors such as Dr. Sierra
Hoffman, a Honduran who lives in Houston and has a very important position in
the world of health and medicine. And also, the doctors
Fernando Valerio, Óscar Díaz and
Videa, whose guidance has been essential to carry out the economic
reopening of our country" President Hernández said.
For more information: https://covid19honduras.org/
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