The largest hospital in Nice, Pasteur 2, is the victim of a computer failure that was triggered during the night from Saturday to Sunday. Many health care devices are out of service.
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The landline does not ring. Devices used to carry out radios and scanners would even have broken down. Reached by phone, the management does not communicate for the moment about this failure.
The representative of the Force Ouvrière health union, Michel Fuentes, confirms the existence of a failure but does not give more details. “It’s very problematic. The scanner is a key element in checking the condition of the lungs of patients with severe forms of Covid” recalls Stéphane Gauberti, head of the CGT Health.
No cyber attack
First, the possibility of a cyber attack by hackers was raised. A version denied by the Nice University Hospital. The hospital of Dax, in the Landes and that of Villefranche-sur-Saône in the Rhône had been victims of pirate attacks paralyzing their activity.
An email sent to the caregivers of the Pasteur 2 hospital has been circulating since this Sunday morning evoking a major computer incident. A return to normal is expected in the coming hours.
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