Through Correspondent La Dépêche de Tahiti
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During the visit of the President of the Country, Édouard Fritch, on August 19, Philippe Biarez, chief doctor of the medical district of Moorea Maiao, announced his desire to install more beds in order to allow the hospitalization of new infected patients. by the Covid virus, knowing that the Taaone hospital center is in a saturation situation. Due to lack of space, it is in the hospital garden, and more precisely in the fa’a apu, that a large tent has been set up and which has since accommodated around ten beds. This brings the hospital’s capacity to 25 beds for covids, distributed according to the severity of the patients.
This new hospital ward, reminiscent of the field hospitals installed in car parks in eastern France in 2020, will allow a number of more seriously ill patients to be able to stay in hospitals for treatment in Moorea rather than ‘to be evassanés on Tahiti.
Several deaths again this weekend
Philippe Biarez recalls that the situation at Afareaitu hospital is despite everything critical, with a staff which remains insufficient and which is in a state of extreme fatigue.
If the level of care is not impacted by this extraordinary situation, that of human attention to patients is crumbling. Philippe Biarez announced the latest figures as of August 26, 1,918 cases confirmed since July 15, 2020, 22 cumulative deaths, including four observed on the night of August 25 to 26. 516 confirmed cases remain active on Moorea. Of these confirmed active cases, 489 are isolated at home, 25 in a community care center which has 27 beds, and one person in intensive care at the CHPF.
Maiao Island is currently protected, by virtue of its geographical status, but also by the strict rules that apply there. The island is still in a Covid-free situation. The chief doctor also underlines that in Maiao, 260 people were vaccinated out of the 350 inhabitants, “one of the best vaccination rates in French Polynesia”, specifies the doctor who confirms that a next mission will make a trip to the island to continue the vaccination campaign.
Roger Hanere, firefighter: “10 to 13 daily interventions! “
The chief of staff gave a quick overview of the situation on the island. “Usually, we do 5 to 6 interventions per day at home. Since then, we have doubled, that is to say between 10 to 13 daily interventions. We were understaffed with seven covid firefighters. Since yesterday, five have returned to work. But there is also the transport of people who have died of Covid which is a novelty for us with a legal framework which remains very vague. In addition, there are specific interventions that can be avoided, such as having to search for tourists lost in nature when they are supposed to be confined in their establishment… ”
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And the rescuers?
Can first aiders attached to civil protection join health personnel as volunteers? This is one of the questions discussed in the PCS meeting in Moorea. “Where are these people? Could they not be alongside the volunteers who are already accompanying us? The question was asked by the session manager hoping to get an echo.
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