The coronavirus epidemic is gaining ground in France, where 8,875 patients have so far been hospitalized and 860 have died. She does not spare Seine-Saint-Denis: for a few days, patients have been flocking to hospitals. Echoes of an unprecedented mobilization in the face of the shock wave.
In hospitals, more beds for Covid patients. General mobilization in hospitals in 93, where, as everywhere in Île-de-France, services are freed up, sometimes entire floors, to accommodate Covid-19 patients.
At the Avicenne hospital in Bobigny, 24 beds are now dedicated to resuscitation and which are all occupied. “It is estimated that on average, a patient will stay there between two and three weeks”, underlines Doctor Yacine Tandjaoui-Lambiotte, resuscitator in Avicenne. “For now, we are able to keep up with the incredible commitment and solidarity of the medical and paramedical staff. “
At the Saint-Denis hospital center, 22 intensive care places and 109 conventional hospital beds have been mobilized… and already full. “The room for maneuver is very limited,” admits a spokesperson. “Non-Covid” patients whose condition allows it are referred to other structures, including private clinics in the department.
The fight against the epidemic has an impact on the whole hospital: visits prohibited, except for maternity and pediatric services. But parents can no longer stay with their child at night.
