INTERVIEW
While the number of cases of patients with coronavirus continues to increase in France, professor of medicine Alexandre Mignon, specialist in resuscitation, believes in the Grand Rendez-Vous on Europe 1 that if the containment measures are well respected, the hospital should be able to manage the number of patients and not arrive at a situation similar to that of Italy, where certain hospitals have to make the "sorting" between the patients to be treated, for lack of places and equipment. "We are not in this situation because we have reservations in terms of structures and staff," he said.
"There are probably a few points of tension, but it will do it, we will get there!". Among the saturated services, "there are calls especially in the East region in Mulhouse, in Strasbourg ..." details Alexandre Mignon. On the other hand, "In the Paris region, we receive statements from the centers every day and we have some reserves".
Consequently, specifies the professor, "to my knowledge no, we do not have to make a choice" among the patients who must be placed in intensive care. "I would like to reassure the French on this subject". On the other hand, he insists, "if we did not apply the recommended measures of very strict confinement today, we would risk having a massive influx and ending up in the situation of some hospitals in the north of Italy who have been overwhelmed. "
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