For three days now, around 8 p.m., the confined French have been applauding them from their windows. These thanks and encouragement, to say the least welcome, undoubtedly put a balm on the hearts of hospital staff. The fact remains that at a time when the Covid-19 is deploying in France and mobilizing more and more beds in the intensive care units, it is the certainty of the time to come which is particularly tense and difficult which imposes itself on all these caregivers.
This apprehension stems from the unprecedented nature of the current epidemic and is increased by the lack of protective means (masks, gloves, hydroalcoholic gel) and equipment (artificial respirators). This maximum stress is added to the fatigue that preexisted Covid-19, in personnel already in tense flow because of budgetary savings. This is what the caregivers of the hospitals say: Release collected testimonies, across France.
Some are already hard, confro
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Nathalie Raulin
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