After transfers to hospitals in Normandy, three patients were evacuated from hospitals in Dunkirk and Calais to Limoges on Monday March 8, in order to relieve congestion in the saturated resuscitation services on the coast.
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Pressure persists in Hauts-de-France hospitals. After having helicoptered two patients from Dunkirk to Le Havre five days ago and transferred a patient in intensive care by road to Caen, the evacuations are continuing.
This Monday, March 8, three patients were transferred by plane to the Limoges university hospital center, located 700 kilometers from the northern coast.
The pressure persists in the heights of France. This morning 3 evacuations from Dunkirk and Calais to Limoges. Thank you to all those who allowed this operation which … will not be the last pic.twitter.com/0mxyMnSc7y
— Patrick Goldstein (@PatrickGoldste4) March 8, 2021
In question, the intensive care services saturated in the region and particularly on the coast. In Pas-de-Calais for example, 130 patients occupied an intensive care bed in hospitals in the department on March 5, 2021, a record since the start of the health crisis last spring.
“This operation … will not be the last”
With the resurgence of the epidemic, more than a hundred patients in intensive care have been transferred from Dunkirk hospital to other establishments in the region in recent weeks. Now, the situation is tense everywhere in Hauts-de-France, where the evolution of the health situation in the five departments is closely scrutinized by the health authorities.
The Covid incidence rate remains worrying in Dk despite falling below 1000. In the last 3 days, 20 very serious patients have been taken care of in the emergency rooms of @CHDunkerque.
Average age 61 years.
13 had to be transferred to other HdF sheaves#vaccinate #notgrouping– Christophe Couturier (@Couturier_Doc) March 8, 2021
The Regional Health Agency has also asked hospitals to rearm 100 additional resuscitation beds in the region to cope with the expected influx of patients. “The objective is to increase the number of intensive care beds to 800 in Hauts-de-France, against 460 outside the context of a health crisis “, said the ARS in a press release.
