INTERVIEW
Tuesday, during his daily press briefing, the Director General of Health, Jérôme Salomon, announced 372 new cases of coronavirus in France, the largest increase in 24 hours. At the same time, the government is preparing for the transition to stage 3 of the epidemic. For doctor Nicolas Brugère, a doctor for 35 years in Bordeaux, the main change for general practitioners will be the possibility of carrying out teleconsultations remotely with their patients. "This is something new that we will have to get used to," he warns.
General practitioners will be able to conduct teleconsultations, with or without a screen. "Anyway, this teleconsultation is improved, 'upgraded', because it will be specific between a doctor and a patient who know each other."
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Regular follow-up
The doctor will be able to establish a remote diagnosis thanks to a simplified protocol. Nicolas Brugère estimates that "20% of the population risks having complications". "You have to be vigilant around the sixth to ninth day," he explains. The consultations will therefore consist in making an initial diagnosis, then in recalling the patient regularly, in particular for this decisive turning point from the sixth to ninth day, in particular for people "at risk".
"On the fourteenth day, when we are out of the crisis, we end the teleconsultation. It will surprise people but it will be a quality care despite everything," he concludes.