Posted on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.
The news of the epidemic at the Epicura Hospital in Hornu shocked the Lhoir family. For Vanessa Lhoir, her father, who died on January 20, could be among the victims.
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“My father Fabian died at Hornu hospital on January 20,” said Vanessa, daughter of the deceased.
“And we have doubts about the causes of his death. For us, he could have been a victim of the epidemic. He had been in pulmonology for five weeks and had five different people as a room neighbor… ”
► Vanesssa is very up against the hospital.
► The hospital ensures that the 53-year-old man has not been contaminated with bacteria.
Baumannii acinetobacter bacteria
The bacterium called acinetobacter baumannii attacks vulnerable people, notably suffering from respiratory problems. Concretely, healthy people risk nothing. It is an opportunistic bacteria, which is resistant to antibiotics, and environmental, which can persist in the environment. The hospital is in contact with the United States for other more effective treatments.
The Epicura executive committee has decided to close the Hornu intensive care unit to 100 by closing the admissions pulmonology department, strengthening the teams and dedicating staff only for infected patients.
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