Between hospitalizations for Covid-19 which continue to increase, and a lack of beds in hospitals in the Gironde, the Bordeaux University Hospital was forced to open two “advanced medical posts” on Tuesday evening. Concretely, these are two tents intended to “welcome patients presenting to the emergency room, and to guide them” indicates the management of the Bordeaux University Hospital.
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Since yesterday evening, the Civil Protection of Gironde has been mobilized at the Pellegrin hospital in #Bordeaux.
Following an increase in requests for support, the service of #emergency room CHU Pellegrin had to deal with a major upsurge in activity. pic.twitter.com/Z739ojekHg
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“While the Bordeaux University Hospital is caring for an unprecedented number of patients with Covid-19, a massive influx of adult emergency patients created an unprecedented attendance situation on Tuesday,” continues the management of the Bordeaux University Hospital. . “This sudden increase is explained in particular by the saturation of all the emergency services of the department of Gironde and the New Aquitaine region, which led to a redirection of patients to the emergencies of the CHU. »
Signs of a hospital “on the verge of breaking up”
An exceptional crisis unit acted on Tuesday the implementation of this device, renewable by 24-hour period. It is “intended for patients presenting to the emergency room, to guide them, or to receive patients with the most urgent cases. The Civil Protection of Gironde was asked to set up these medical tents.
This lack of hospitalization places in the establishments of the department worries health professionals. “There has been a slightly larger influx in recent days, in connection with the epidemic, but we have been on a tightrope for months”, denounces Franck Ollivier, co-secretary of the Sud Santé union. “Emergencies had their worst period last summer, when there were only a few dozen Covid patients, but a quarter of the hospital beds at the CHU were closed, he recalls. We are therefore not surprised to have reached this point today. »
The Sud Santé Sociaux union of the CHU Pellegrin, denounces “a lack of beds and staff in the second CHU in France”, and faced with this use of tents and rescuers from the Civil Protection, is worried about a hospital ” on the verge of breaking. »