“He was due to retire in 7 months“Eddy Tricoche, departmental secretary general of the UNSA is sorry. For 4 years, the elected official of the CHU of Amiens has been working with Yves Devisse, fire safety officer and also member of the union.
After the death of an emergency doctor at the CHU de Compiègne, Amiens hospital announced the death of Yves on Tuesday April 7, 2020 on social networks. The 59-year-old security guard, who contracted the Covid-19 coronavirus, had been hospitalized in the intensive care unit for a week before his condition suddenly deteriorated.
Contacted, the CHU of Amiens did not wish to speak further on this subject. But on social media, the hospital describes Yves as a man “recognized for his kindness, his humanity, his willingness to be of service to others“. Eddy, his college and friend, confirms this glowing portrait:”He was someone nice to listen to, when we lost hope he was always there to cheer us up“.
Perhaps we could have avoided this drama
According to the union representative, non-nursing staff at the Amiens CHU had no equipment to protect themselves from the virus until last week. “Yves caught the virus at the CHU, it’s almost a certainty, he abounds. As a fire safety officer, he patrolled the entire hospital“. Eddy Tricoche adds that security guards and administrative staff lacked masks, which were reserved for caregivers. “I’m not throwing stones at the leadership, he specifies. We were out of masks. This week, the situation has changed because we have received a new delivery and most of the staff are now equipped. But unfortunately, this drama has happened. If we had had more protections, we might have been able to avoid it“.
A final tribute
The day after his death, Eddy and his colleagues wanted to pay tribute to Yves by meeting in front of the mortuary service. “We were a hundred in front of the coffin to pay him a last tribute. We respected a minute of silence and then we all applauded“.
Contacted by France 3 Picardie, his relatives wish to add that “his wife, children, friends and colleagues keep him forever in their minds“.
The tribute also continued on social networks. As soon as the death was announced late Tuesday, April 7, several hospital staff began posting messages of support to the victim’s family on the internet.
A kitty online was also created by relatives of Yves. A few hours after its publication, 25 people had already participated and collected 600 euros for the benefit of his family.
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