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Cayenne hospital: two doctors tested positive for Covid-19

A doctor from the biology laboratory at the Cayenne Hospital Center tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Her partner, an emergency room doctor, tested positive yesterday. An epidemiological investigation is underway.

A doctor from the biology laboratory at the Cayenne Hospital Center tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. Her partner, an emergency room doctor, tested positive yesterday. An epidemiological investigation is underway internally at the hospital and among the relatives of these doctors, via the ARS. The aim is to find “contact cases” to prevent a possible spread of the virus at Cayenne hospital.

A couple of caregivers

A Cayenne hospital emergency doctor tested positive for coronavirus on Friday: the information was confirmed to us this Saturday by CHAR management. This doctor is the companion of a professional from the Hospital Center, who tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday. He’s a doctor in the biology laboratory. This service performs, among other things, screening tests for coronavirus. Last weekend, she was at work, without wearing a mask, except during special handling, just like the other people in the department. According to hospital management, this is not an area to wear, unless you have symptoms of the disease. “This doctor stayed in Martinique, where she returned on March 7 “, specifies the director of the hospital. “The couple is confined to their home, they are fine, “indicates the CHAR.

New measures

Thursday, Christophe Robert, the director of the hospital, has taken action: now, in the emergency room and in the biology laboratory, the staff wear masks. As for screening tests, they are reserved for healthcare professionals with symptoms. An internal investigation is underway to find out who had contact with these two doctors at the hospital. The ARS does the same in their private circle. The lack of generalization of screening tests and the wearing of masks in certain departments challenges hospital staff, with a fundamental question: are we really doing everything so that the virus does not spread in Guyana?
Laurent Marot’s report:

Coronavirus: a CHC emergency doctor tested positive for the virus.

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