What is the Covid situation at the CHR and in the territories for which you coordinate, that is to say Moselle North and East?
Marie-Odile SAILLARD, General Manager of CHR Metz-Thionville : We are seeing an upward tremor in both territories. We have four cases in intensive care, one patient under continuous surveillance, and nine in hospital wards at the CHR Metz-Thionville. There are four cases hospitalized in Forbach, three in Saint-Avold. There are still six cases in follow-up and rehabilitation care, Félix Maréchal and Legouest in Metz, who remain patients of the first wave.
What about emergency room visits?
For the past week or so, there has been a slight increase. Lightweight, it is not a tidal wave. We monitor emergencies and laboratories. We test a lot.
Are waiting times increasing?
The machines are running at full speed. Half of our tests are for hospital demand, the other half for city needs. Everyone saturates in the private as in the public. At the CHR, we prioritize tests with tables of suspicion.
Are you ready if there is a second wave in the territory?
A rearmament plan is sent to all the structures, namely the private hospitals of Metz, the Claude Bernard clinic, Legouest, Sarreguemines, Forbach and Saint-Avold. We decided how to allocate the men, the respirators. We have also decided to repatriate the most critical situations to the CHR, which has a 24-bed sheave, which makes it possible to sectorize and secure the areas. We can rearm in 24 hours. We will do this if we have about fifteen Covid beds in sheaves.
During the spring crisis, you ran out of suitable equipment, what about?
We are no longer in the same situation as in March. All of our material orders have been fulfilled. We also have a state stock that can rescue but is not suitable for long resuscitation times.
Have you set up identified circuits for Covid cases that present themselves to emergencies?
We have a path, like all serious viral pathologies. We do not want to stigmatize the population but we know how to isolate patients.
What lessons did you learn after the March wave?
Feedback has taught us a lot. Everyone has suffered from cohorting, isolation, caregivers and patients. We want to avoid if it is possible.
Other regions are currently very affected. Have you considered directing men and equipment to support them?
For the material we have stocks. As for human resources, the Grand Est is devastated and still suffers from a heavy deficit of nursing staff and doctors. I am, on the other hand, ready to welcome transfers.
–
