‘El Bus de la Salut’ assesses the consequences of COVID-19 in project participants, people with cardiovascular and kidney risk factors

It will make a comparative analysis with 270 people: 135 project participants who have had the disease and 135 participants who have not experienced it as a control group

 ‘El Bus de la Salut’ began its tour of the Lleida demarcation on November 9, assessing the consequences of COVID-19 in project participants, people with cardiovascular and kidney risk factors, who have suffered the disease. During 4 months, the team of health professionals will visit 22 Lleidatans municipalities where early cardiovascular and renal diagnostic tests will be carried out on people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19 by means of a diagnostic test (serological test or PCR, a diagnostic test that allows detecting a fragment of the genetic material of a pathogen).

135 project participants will visit the bus again and so will a control population of 135 people who have not passed COVID-19 and share with the first group the data on age, gender, cardiovascular risk factors and degree of atheromatosis. Therefore, in total 270 people will pass.

"'El Bus de la Salud' has adapted to the current situation and the team of professionals has considered the need to carry out this study to see the consequences of COVID-19 in people with a risk factor," explained the project coordinator , Marcelino Bermúdez.

In order to start this project, the bus and the caravan have taken the necessary sanitary measures such as ventilation filters and ultraviolet light lamps to decontaminate the spaces after each patient, as well as the necessary personal protective equipment (PPE) for the professionals.

Calendar

In this new project, the Health Bus will park in the following municipalities, although people from nearby towns in the different municipalities will be summoned, due to the logistics of the bus and the caravan.

• November 30 - December 3: Balaguer
• December 9-10: Artesa de Lleida
• December 14-17: Les Borges Blanques
• December 21-23: Cervera
• January 11-12: Tàrrega
• January 13: Bellpuig
• January 18: La Seu d’Urgell
• January 19: Oliana
• January 20: Artesa de Segre
• January 25-27: Lleida
• January 28: Aitona
• February 1-2: Almacelles
• 3-4 February: Torrefarrera
• February 8-10: Guissona
• February 15-17: the Pont de Suert
• February 22: Solsona
• February 23: Mollerussa

More information on the website of the Institut de Recerca Biomèdica de Lleida.