The situation in Moselle is still very worrying. The department ranks fifth among the departments with the highest incidence rate in the territory with 312 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants against 205 nationally. Metz-Métropole remains in pole position by recording 383 cases. Hence the decision, this Thursday morning, of hospitals in Metz to suspend visits to the medical and surgical departments.
The occupation of resuscitation beds remains tight in the three hospitals, without being yet alarming. This Thursday morning, there were three places left in the intensive care unit of the Uneos group. “Our Covid service at Schuman is full and we still have thirteen beds available in Belle-Isle,” explains Régis Moreau, general manager of the group. More than fifteen places available in our home hospitalization service. “To Claude-Bernard,” the sheave is full, assures the director, Gabriel Giacometti, and of the twenty-five medical beds dedicated to Covid, twenty-four are occupied by patients. As for the CHR Metz-Thionville, it has some 200 patients with Covid, a quarter of whom are in intensive care. The situation is nothing like that of March, however, but the entries remain numerous and regular. “It’s very random, adds Régis Moreau. Last weekend, we had an overflow and we had to transfer patients to Nancy. We then have a slight lull… ”
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Specific authorizations
The feedback from the month of March and the psychological damage recorded in families as well as among nursing staff impose nuances. Indeed, if the hospitals decide with the same voice to refuse visits to the medical and surgical departments, because of an increased risk of contamination due to the variants of Covid-19, this measure is not applicable. in all the services of the establishments.
Maternities remain open. These measures also do not concern nursing homes, follow-up and rehabilitation care and long-term care units, which have rules for highly organized visits, suspended from working hours and to a reduced number of people. “Depending on the case, visits may be authorized, on medical prescription,” adds Régis Moreau.
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