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several hospitals launch their white plan

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C. Rougerie, E.PRigent, C. Arnold, M.Laveille, JC.Martin, S.Ripaud

France 2

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Among the 12,096 people hospitalized for a Covid-19 infection, 2,191 are in intensive care. The number of patients in critical care has quadrupled in three weeks. The Pasteur Institute plans 3,000 cases of resuscitation by Sunday, December 12. Several hospitals have launched the white plan.

The Colmar hospital (Haut-Rhin) is one of dozens of structures that triggered the white plan facing the fifth wave. Health professionals notice a peculiarity in the patients admitted in recent days. “We have a patient who has been there for several weeks, who is 37 years old. Zero comorbidity, unvaccinated, and who is still very limited, sedated and ventilated”, explains Elisabeth Baertner, the head of the anesthesia and resuscitation division of the hospital, where cases have doubled in one week.

More than 11,000 people hospitalized

Nationally, unvaccinated under 65s account for 76% of severe resuscitation cases. “We have both more or less young unvaccinated patients (…), patients who have been vaccinated (…) whose immune system does not respond to vaccination (…) and patients who were to have their third dose the following week (…) who unfortunately encountered the virus before “, explains Elisabeth Botelho-Nevers, doctor in the infectious disease department at Colmar hospital. The number of hospitalized patients is now over 11,000 people, a first since the end of August.

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