PANDEMIC – About fifty patients are still hospitalized for Covid-19 at the Toulouse University Hospital, a figure that is constantly falling
After more than a year of health crisis, the signals are green on the Toulouse University Hospital which has observed for several weeks a decrease in hospitalizations after a month of high phase in the spring. For three weeks, between 50 and 60 patients have been hospitalized for Covid-19 when they occupied 160 beds a month and a half ago.
The restrictive measures have therefore borne fruit, combined with the acceleration of the vaccination, now accessible to all. A rise in power which will be further accentuated from June 19, when the vaccinodrome of Toulouse will increase to 10,000 injections per day, compared to 5,000 currently.
Resumption of surgery
Of the fifty or so patients hospitalized for coronavirus at the CHU, 9 are in intensive care, 8 in intensive care and critical care and 33 in other departments. This decrease in hospitalizations allows the hospital to return to normal activity and to reschedule certain operations which had been suspended at the height of the crisis. “87% of the activity is carried out in surgery and 100% by (…) Read more on 20minutes
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