Through Julie Hurisse
Published on 6 Feb 21 at 6:00
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Le Mans hospital (Sarthe) started on transfer about twenty patients suffering from Covid-19 at Nantes University Hospital Center (loire Atlantique). Olivier Bossard, director of the CH du Mans explains the reasons, Friday, February 5, 2021, on the sidelines of the inauguration of the new buildings Plantagenêt and Madeleine-Brès.
“We have had a significant increase in the number of Covid patients combined with a flow of non-Covid patients with high activity in the emergency room. Friday, January 29, we had 25 people waiting in the Emergency room”.
The tension is on the medicine beds.
–An activity never reached
An activity never reached at Le Mans hospital even during the first wave of the Covid.
“The tension outside Covid is linked to the essential medical activity that can no longer be postponed”.
A strong activity which also concerns the hospitals of Sarthe, whether public or private, just like the hospital of Angers.
The Le Mans hospital therefore turned to that of Nantes. 10 patients are being transferred there.
–Who are the transferred patients
The transferred patients are people “Covid-19 hospitalized in medicine who are stable and who do not require intensive monitoring”, details Dr. François Goupil. A transfer that is done with their agreement. Five were on Friday, five more will be on Saturday.
“Eleven others could leave Monday if activity does not drop over the weekend”
In tension but not at saturation
The hospital is in tension but not at full capacity. These transfers are put in place to avoid it.
“We didn’t want to be in the situation of being overwhelmed.”
Transfers also put in place to avoid deprogramming.
Five caregivers from Nantes
In addition, five caregivers from Nantes will come and lend a hand to the Le Mans teams.
Solidarity between establishments to which the Le Mans hospital had already contributed during the first wave by welcoming patients from the east in particular.
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