Posted 04/3/2021 at 9:38 am
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Faced with the deterioration of the epidemic situation throughout the region and the evolution of the tension on the health system, the ARS Grand Est asked the public and private health establishments of the region to continue the increase. of their reception capacity in intensive care.
« The indicators allowing to follow the evolution of the epidemic remain worrying, explained the ARS in a press release published on Friday. With an incidence rate of 322 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants, all the departments in the region are experiencing a rapid and significant increase in the pressure weighing on the health system. There are nearly 449 patients in critical care services on April 2. »
The ARS reveals that the patients admitted for Covid-19 to the hospital are increasingly young. Thus, patients under the age of 60 are now proportionately more numerous than at the start of the second wave. A rejuvenation to be linked, again according to the ARS, ” to the intensification of the circulation of the English and South African variants, the vaccination of people over 75 years old cannot alone explain this phenomenon. »
The ARS therefore asked health establishments to increase the number of resuscitation beds in the Grand Est to 750 on April 12, against 668 currently.
A measure which will result in having to deprogram a significant part of the activity of health establishments. On the other hand, the healthcare offer will be preserved in all sectors where the loss of opportunity can be major (oncology, transplant activity, patients followed for a chronic disease, care for minors, etc.).
To meet demand, solutions to reinforce health professionals have been activated: health students (doctors and caregivers), retirees, members of the army health service, volunteers from the health reserve are mobilized.
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