Last Sunday, the Prime Minister announced the arrival of the A400M, a medical aircraft, identified as essential by the two crisis medical directors, in the device to fight the epidemic.
Or how to relieve a hospital soon saturated by the Codiv-19 epidemic.
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A device which reinforces the Casa used until now for the escapes to the Antilles:
The A400 M, a military aircraft dedicated to transporting patients, will allow Guyana to double its air evacuation capacity. He arrived yesterday, Friday June 26, at Félix Eboué airport after a day of flying from Villacoublay.
On board: 4 doctors and three nurses accompanied by a disinfection team. They will be responsible for medically supervising the intensive care patients of CHC. The device has already participated in several evacuations of this type from Mulhouse, when the epidemic was at its peak in the east of France.
“The advantage of this aircraft is that it brings a full capacity. That is to say that we are completely independent of Guyana’s health personnel to be able to carry out the evansans, which was not the case for the 3 evasans that we did in Casa during the past week. “
General Didier Looten, Superior Commander of the Armed Forces in Guyana
A means of evacuation identified as ” priority By the two crisis medical directors sent by the government:
An airlift to relieve an under-equipped and under-equipped Cayenne hospital, this is one of the proposals that will be reaffirmed by the two medical directors, who came this week to diagnose the situation and help set up a a medical strategy. Experts who also ask for the strengthening of human resources.
“There is the possibility of offloading (the CHC) by creating air bridges and this is what we are currently working on. Create air bridges inside Guyana, from one hospital to another, which is already done daily of course … and air bridges either to the West Indies or the metropolis, depending on the type of patients and their severity… “
Mathieu Raux, anesthesiologist-resuscitator, crisis medical director (Sorbonne-Université La Pitié Salpêtrière)
The two experts who came to chart the coming strategy want to be reassuring. All expected material resources, including those for resuscitation respirators, will be delivered if necessary.
“There is no subject of respirators… If a respirator was missing, it would take very little time for it to come from mainland France as reinforcement ”
Mathieu Raux, anesthesiologist-resuscitator, crisis medical director (Sorbonne-Université La Pitié Salpêtrière)
It is the lack of human resources that seems to most worry the 2 medical directors, experts in health crises.
“There are stages that have been identified and which will allow us to always be a few beds ahead of schedule. But it is certain that the situation is very worrying and that we will have to find reinforcements and also do everything to limit the spread of the virus.
Etienne Gayat, medical director of crisis, professor of anesthesia resuscitation at Lariboisière hospital
According to the two medical professors, many health professionals heard the call launched by the Guyanese health authorities. Experts will submit to the government a report that makes several requests, including the strengthening of human resources and the development of airlift.
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