Marie-Odile Saillard, Director General and Doctor Gette, Head of resuscitation department gave an update on the situation at CHR Metz-Thionville on April 20, 2020.
Both confirm a downward trend regarding admissions of patients with COVID-19. Currently, the Mosellan territory has 145 of which 50% in the CHR.
But today, Emergency personnel see it coming uncontaminated patients with serious pathologies, who waited too long before going to the hospital.
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Significant increase in non-COVID care
For fear of the virus, part of the population has tried to postpone their illnesses as much as possible, which brings emergency patients today with much more serious situations.
Cardiologists are welcoming patients with heart attacks who could have been treated two or three weeks ago, said Saillard.
Secondly, there are the accidents of life.
The good weather brings barbecues therefore burns and the confinement brings tinkering therefore household accidents, explains the Director of the CHR.
In the Emergency Department, the number of passages in cruising speed is estimated between 100 and 150 per day. On Sunday April 19, 110 people were admitted to the emergency room.
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