Through David Leduc
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L’Marne-la-Vallée private hospital, located in Bry-sur-Marne (Val-de-Marne), last February set up a multipurpose medicine service. Since then, this new service has been used at the heart of the health crisis to welcome patients with Covid-19.
“A boost”
The Marne-La-Vallée private hospital in Bry-Sur-Marne is part of the group’s establishments Ramsay Health. It is one of the European leaders in private hospitalization and primary care. The hospital, on the edge of the departments of Val de Marne, Seine-Saint-Denis and Seine-et-Marne, has opened a general medicine department. This new service is intended to meet an increasingly strong need in the hospital’s catchment area, as emphasized by its Managing Director, Ronald Signes :
“All services combined, the Marne-la-Vallée hospital has around 60,000 consultations per year. Our establishment is located in the heart of Greater Paris in an area that will welcome an ever-growing population. as Noisy-le-Grand will have an increase in inhabitants. We wanted to give a boost with the arrival of a team of young doctors “.
The multipurpose medicine service welcomes patients with serious pathologies or who have had complications during their hospitalization in the Marne-La-Vallée private hospital or a partner establishment. The doctor Hugo Briffa, from the multipurpose medicine service, adds: “The service is made up of three doctors, three nurses and 4 nursing assistants”.
Over 180 Covid patients
In the current health context of health crisis, the multipurpose medicine unit has been, since its opening, entirely dedicated to the treatment of patients affected by Covid-19. Opened in February 2021, the service includes 27 beds and has already cared for more than 180 patients. “Two days after its opening, it was already filled via the emergency services network,” says director Ronald Signes. And to add: “It answered a strong need on the territory. Several partner establishments in the area sent us patients at the height of the crisis ”.
“Treating only Covid is a bit unusual for the service,” adds Dr. Briffa, “but we were ready. We all have the same profile in emergency medicine and we have been dealing with Covid patients for a year now ”. The latter has seen in his service the arrival of Covid patients who are younger than previously, with an average age of 62 years. There are several reasons for this: “This can be explained by the vaccination campaign in nursing homes, which protects older populations. Also, the variants tend to affect young people more ”.
“Projects in reflection”
In the longer term, the director of the Marne-la-Vallée private hospital is certain of the relevance of such a service in the region. Ronald Signes concludes: “Medicine will take an increasingly important place in the sector, I am convinced of it. We also have projects in the works for the months and years to come. We are convinced of the need for a dense polyvalent medicine ”.
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