Mae gofal critigol bellach yn gweithredu ar 141% o'i gapasiti arferol a dyma'r pryder mwyaf difrifol dros yr ychydig wythnosau nesaf. Roeddem bob amser wedi bwriadu cynyddu capasiti, ond mae'r sefyllfa bresennol yn anwadal am fod sicrhau bod digon o staff ar gael yn broblem wirioneddol. Rydym yn parhau i weld cleifion mewn gofal critigol am gyfnodau hir a, gwaetha'r modd, lawer o farwolaethau. Dros yr ychydig ddiwrnodau diwethaf, bu cynnydd cyffredinol yn nifer y cleifion mewnol a dderbyniwyd i'r ysbyty am resymau'n ymwneud â COVID-19 i fwy na 2600. Am y tro cyntaf, ac mae hyn yn hollbwysig, mae'r nifer uwchlaw'r 2500 o gleifion roeddem wedi'i ragweld. Yn anffodus, mae mwy na 1600 o gleifion â COVID-19 yn ein hysbytai ledled Cymru, sef y nifer mwyaf erioed.
Critical care is now operating at 141% of its normal capacity and is the most serious concern over the next few weeks into the New Year. While we always planned to increase capacity, the current position is precarious as adequate staffing becomes a real issue. We continue to see patients in critical care for long periods of time and sadly many deaths. In the last few days there has been an overall increase in covid-related hospital inpatients to more than 2600 – critically, for the first time, this has now exceeded the 2500 patients we anticipated. Sadly we now have a record number of more than 1600 confirmed covid patients in our hospitals across Wales.