Gommers: code black requires police protection of healthcare personnel | Inland

“If we unexpectedly end up in code black, then this is what we see in Rotterdam peanuts,” said Gommers, referring to the riots in the Maasstad Friday evening. “Then we will really have a situation that it will become unsafe in the Netherlands. If the situation becomes such that we are short of beds and that we have to make choices, then we have to protect our personnel with the police or the army. Because those emotions run high. If you then come to the hospital with your child or with your father or your partner and we say: ‘We have no room and your partner is not eligible. We’re going to put you on sedation and you’ll die.’ Then there will be incredible aggression,” said Gommers at Op1.

According to Gommers, it is important that “a real change” can be seen in the rising corona figures in the coming days, because otherwise more measures are needed. “Otherwise, we will have emergency consultations with the OMT again. That is planned for Wednesday, but that may be brought forward, Gommers said in the TV program.

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