He must help relieve congestion at the North Parisian private hospital. Sarcelles opens a Covid-19 consultation center this Monday. The volunteer doctors and nurses will take turns from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, to take care of patients in the four boxes set up in the Anne-Frank school, close to the clinic. private.
“Only symptomatic patients who meet the criteria in force today (frail people, pregnant women, healthcare professionals, etc.) may be prescribed a diagnostic test by a doctor,” recalls the town.
Consultation without appointment
As with other establishments of this type in the department, the center aims to relieve congestion in hospitals, reduce the number of calls to 15 and better protect city doctors.
Consultations are without appointment. Sarcelles intends to carry out a broad communication so that the center “runs at full speed, slips the mayor (PS) Patrick Haddad. People need to come here rather than to emergencies for it to be really effective. “
A drop in attendance at Beaumont
At the Beaumont Covid-19 center open on March 30, for example, attendance has “fallen sharply”, in the words of a doctor, in recent days. “Lack of clear communication. We had about fifty patients a day the first week, now we only have about fifteen, ”the patrician alarmed.
The number of caregivers on site has been halved. Calls to the Samu, in the area, have increased according to the doctor. “People think we are closed or that it only lasted a few days. We encourage the inhabitants to come and see us, so that their care is faster and the Samu is less overwhelmed, ”she concludes.
Beaumont Covid-19 Center: 01.30.28.70.76, open from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Sarcelles Covid-19 Center: 01.34.38.20.00, open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
