CORSICA CALLS FOR HELP
Faced with a “viral explosion” of the Covid while the resuscitation beds are full, Corsica calls “doctors, nurses and nursing assistants”, whether they are “employees, liberal or retired”, to strengthen the island hospitals, a indicated Tuesday the director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS).
“All the indicators are in the red in terms of viral circulation”, with 630 cases per 100,000 inhabitants on the island, an incidence rate increasing by 41% compared to last week, warned Marie-Hélène Lecenne, director of the ARS. These indicators should have “an effect on the hospital at 12 days”, or “in the middle of Christmas vacation”, she warned. An “unfavorable development” is also noted for the over 65s.
At the Ajaccio hospital, seven out of eight resuscitation beds are occupied and four out of four in Bastia. There are still four available non-covid resuscitation beds in Ajaccio and four in Bastia, she said. In addition, the number of conventional hospitalizations “explodes” with 27 beds occupied out of 27 in Ajaccio, and 23 out of 30 in Bastia.