In Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 925 intensive care beds were open on April 12, the regional health agency (ARS) told APMnews / TecHopital.
The number of resuscitation beds in the region usually stands at around 550 but had been maintained at 730 since the end of the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic.
On April 6, the agency asked all health establishments, public and private, in the region to deprogram all non-urgent surgical and interventional activities, “for a period of two weeks that can be reassessed”, in order to identify the problems. resources needed to increase the capacity of critical care beds in the face of the new worsening of the health situation, it should be remembered. At this date, 852 resuscitation beds were armed.
On Monday April 12, the ARS also told APMnews / TecHopital that 22 patient transfers had been carried out intraregional since March 18. Extra-regional transfers are not planned at this stage, she added.
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