“As part of the collective effort of the State to intensify the vaccination campaign, the Ministry of the Armed Forces is today putting itself in order of battle to intensify its contribution”, announced this Saturday, April 3, the Minister of the Armed Forces , Florence Parly.
How does she do it? By opening permanent vaccination centers in seven of the eight military training hospitals (HIA). Only that of Lyon escapes the device, but that of Metz, Legouest, appears there well and will have to be active from Tuesday, April 6, by increasing its reception capacities to prick the shoulders of civilians in large numbers in addition to the injections practiced on the Defense and military personnel attached to the Ministry of the Interior (the gendarmes).
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50,000 doses per week
The vaccines will be administered to patients by the personnel of the Army’s health service and “the logistics chain will be fully ensured by specialized soldiers”, indicate the services of Florence Parly, who also have an objective: “These seven military hospitals should eventually be able to administer up to 50,000 doses per week. “
A little calculation, dividing this total by the number of military hospitals placed in the loop and by the seven days of the week, brings us to a total of 1,020 people stung per day.
No one will shy away from the pleasure, but Legouest’s commitment raises questions when, for example, the center open inside the Saint-Symphorien sports complex (Longeville-lès-Metz) is capable of vaccinating 4,400 people in one week. end (like that of March 9), or 2,200 people per day.
Enough doses?
Does this mean that the military hospital complements civil action? Can this mean a contrario that it will replace it? Clearly, should we close the Metz vaccinodrome whose activity and expertise have earned it this name to open another chain among the military?
There is yet another question unanswered for the moment. Even if they have control over their logistics, how will the military find the number of doses necessary to support the daily passage of a thousand patients when, everywhere around them, we run after the vials?
The question of a field hospital
Deliveries are announced to increase in April, but the expected volumes are not sufficient to meet the incentives to be vaccinated repeated all day long on TV or on the radio waves.
Finally, final question: do we need a second vaccination center in Metz or rather a field hospital with its resuscitation beds, identical to the one deployed in Mulhouse, in the event that the situation gets out of hand?
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