The coronavirus has started to hit Occitania. The Gers is integrated into the health system, to fight against possible contagion. With the spearhead of Auch hospital.
The Covid-19 is now in Occitania now. The Gers has known some quarantines as a precaution (read below), but no proven case. And the battle plan is ready to thwart its progression, in the event of an appearance. Auch hospital is part of the second curtain of defense, if the epidemic affected the Occitania region. The management of the health facility spent the past week preparing the arrangements for the reception of suspected cases, or patients suffering from the virus.
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“Auch hospital is ranked second in the fight against Covid-19, as the headquarters of Samu, explains Nicolas Paleni, the director of care and caregiver referent of Covid 19. We are not yet activated for this function, but the protocol is prepared. “
The first row is at the Toulouse University Hospital. The Samu Gersois takes calls and manages patient referrals with regional establishments in Toulouse. If the 2nd line is activated, “we should be able to receive patients in Auch”. This means diagnosing cases that may arise, but also being able to hospitalize coronavirus patients there.
The post-emergency service could accommodate up to 9 patients, in the event of contagion in the Gers.
“We have defined a circuit completely cut off from the rest of the hospital for these patients. A box will be dedicated to diagnosing and awaiting the results of biological analyzes, which take approximately 2 hours. “If hospitalization is required, beds will be reserved in the post-emergency wing, but also in intensive care. “There, it is much less complicated; the service plans to isolate patients, and thus avoid any contamination. It has 8 beds. “
If the 2nd row was activated, personnel should also be called up for the hospital unit. Staff who, despite the natural anxiety linked to the epidemic risk, know the procedures to follow with these particular patients. “The Covid-19 does not require particularly heavy precautions, they are very close to those used for the flu, for example. “
Screenings as a precaution
The holidays, a population with strong Italian roots … Predictably: several Gersois returning from Italy were subject to tests this weekend, including one case in Jégun. All negative. “None of these tests were justified, they did not return from the affected areas,” said a hospital source, who observed a little hysteria and many calls to 15 … “People are worried, but are wrong often in the symptoms they think are those of the Covid-19 coronavirus. ” Some Gersois employers have even quarantined employees, for nothing.
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