The management of the establishment presents the procedures for the treatment of suspected Covid and non-Covid patients.
The management of the Villefranche hospital center wishes to inform of the organization set up on Villefranchois territory from the start of the health crisis linked to the Sars-Cov2 virus which generates the Covid-19 disease.
First of all, she said: “General practitioners have organized themselves and offer secure consultations for patients with symptoms possibly linked to the Covid, either at specific times or in a dedicated place (Madeleine room in Villefranche). Just contact your doctor and describe your symptoms, an appointment will be given to you. They will also provide classic secure consultations “non Covid” in their offices at other times to avoid any risk contamination. “
The Villefranche hospital center says it works in close collaboration with them and with the Rodez hospital center. “Our establishment has reorganized its medical and surgical activities by rescheduling consultations, hospitalizations and non-emergency surgical procedures in accordance with national ministerial directives.
A service called “Covid screening unit” has been created, which is isolated from other services. Staff, doctors, nurses, nursing assistants and ASH, have been trained and redeployed in this service where we receive patients suspected of Covid-19. These patients referred by their attending physician or by the regulation of the Center 15 most often show signs of seriousness or risk factors (obesity, asthma, etc.) which do not allow simple confinement at home with telephone surveillance by the doctor. In this unit, we screen for Covid-19 and provide them with the necessary care until the Covid test results are obtained. All patients screened positive for the virus and who cannot return to their homes because further treatment is necessary (oxygen, etc.) are then transported by ambulance to the Rodez hospital center for longer hospital stays. “
He pursues. “To date, the capacity of the Rodez hospital center, itself reorganized to deal with the health crisis, has not been exceeded both in intensive care and in the so-called” Covid “service and all the positive patients diagnosed at the CH de Villefranche were able to be secondarily hospitalized at the Rodez hospital center, in conventional Covid hospitalization or secondarily in intensive care. On Wednesday April 8, 2020 at 2:00 pm in Aveyron, we account (figures published by the Regional Health Agency): 15 deaths, 8 resuscitation patients and 44 hospitalized patients in total and 9 nursing homes with confirmed cases At the Villefranche hospital center, the Covid unit detected 12 positive cases, some of which returned to the home under the supervision of their general practitioner and others were transferred to the Rodez hospital center. “
Patients who are negative on the Covid test remain hospitalized if necessary, in the usual conventional services in Villefranche (polyvalent medicine, cardiology orientation, pneumology, geriatrics or intensive care).
All care missions insured
The Villefranche hospital center continues to provide safe care for patients and receives all emergencies, like other hospitals. In addition, hospital services are open and operating theaters remain functional for procedures that cannot be postponed during the confinement period. “In the event of an examination or planned surgical intervention, do not systematically cancel your appointment: talk to your doctor who will be able to advise you on the need or not to postpone the appointment” asks the establishment Villefranchois health center.
Doctors at the hospital are also available to give you an opinion on your condition or the need to see you (re) in consultation, especially if you have a chronic condition.
“We would like to inform all users that all the organizational efforts have been made by the hospital community to deal with this health crisis
exceptional; but also so that all consultations and interventions of an urgent nature or the cancellation of which could jeopardize the health of patients are (and will be) maintained specialty by specialty while respecting the barrier measures and confinement always compulsory “concludes management of the hospital”.
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