Despite the implementation of the general curfew at 6 p.m., the number of hospitalizations due to Covid-19 continues to increase. The specialists speak of a second wave which lasts and fear a new saturation of the services.
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It’s a second wave, which lasts, which lasts and which for
the moment does not seem to want to stop. To the point of worrying
seriously the director of the Montpellier University Hospital, Thomas Le
Ludec: “For ten days or so, we have observed a
accelerated admissions of covid patients in medicine and
in intensive care. We have to reorganize ourselves to be able
face these new arrivals ”
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Of the 21 beds available for patients with the virus,
19 are already taken. Problem: the number of admissions to the
service continues to increase, to the point of reaching these
time, one to two admissions per day of people with
of covid in critical care.
A pre-saturation situation
The staff of the University Hospital of Montpellier evoke a situation of
pre-saturation: the hospital is able to mobilize 37
new beds to cope with new patients, without
shift no surgery. But beyond that, for
be able to meet demand, hospital services
will have to reorganize throughout the region. And this does
will not be without consequences: an increased need for personnel
hospital and especially a delay in the management of
patients with pathologies other than Covid.
On the Pyrénées-Orientales side, the Perpignan hospital is
also faced with a sudden rise in the number of patients
covid since Tuesday: 33% in two days. A situation that has
urged management to ban visits to
establishment.
Above all, it was necessary to protect hospitalized patients but also medical staff,
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A situation, on the other hand, less tense in the Gard. The
CHU de Nîmes currently receives 120 patients. At most
At the height of the crisis, they were 250 hospitalized. There is still one
little margin.
An epidemic out of control
Nationally, the rebound is noted. For two
weeks, the epidemic has resumed (the effect
celebrations) but according to epidemiologist Mircéa Sofonéa, he
keeps a low amplitude (1.1). The epidemic is certainly
considered out of control, but no threat
imminent on the saturation of hospitals.
Nevertheless, he warns, to avoid a third wave in
March, a new containment should be considered.
The problem that awaits us is this British variant. For the moment, it is not in the majority but it could become a threat from mid-March. To counter it, it would perhaps be justified to strengthen the health constraints in the coming weeks to drastically reduce the number of cases and thus subsequently limit the explosion in the number of patients affected by the variant.
Towards a new confinement?
For the director of the Montpellier University Hospital, it is still too early
to decide on the need for new containment,
the effects of the introduction of the general curfew at 6 p.m.
could not yet be measured. “We must also wait to
know the penetration rate of new variants on
our territory.
If this rate is too impactful, then the curfew will not be enough, it will take stronger measures ”, specifies
A concern shared by the
coordinator of the infectious diseases department and
from the Montpellier University Hospital, Professor Jacques
Reynes:
“We were hoping for a lull in May-June with the beautiful
days, unfortunately the progression of the virus will
continue, hence the importance of vaccination. The variant
English is not more aggressive, but its spread is
much more easily ”.
The hope of vaccination
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In short, mathematically the number of patients with
virus should therefore multiply in the coming weeks. The
effects of vaccination (which has just started) do not
not to be felt for two or three months.
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