Caregivers Facing the Covid-19 Epidemic

Coronavirus epidemic: healthcare workers on the front line AFP

By: Caroline Paré Follow

Faced with the current COVID-19 pandemic, which has led the French authorities to take very strict measures regarding displacement, medical and hospital establishments must manage the influx of patients and anticipate the intensification of the coming crisis. .

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While the epidemic unevenly affects French territory, there are shortages in terms of protective equipment, a real tension in terms of work organization and exhaustion of the health forces as well as a fear of saturation in certain health structures.

· Pr Olivier Bouchaud responsible for the infectious and tropical diseases department at the Avicenne hospital in Bobigny , in the Paris region.

· Dr Jérôme Marty , general practitioner and president of the French union for free medicine.

· Dr. Eric Thibaud, head of the emergency department and SMUR of the civilian hospitals of Colmar in the East of France

  • P r Emmanuel Hirsch, professor of medical ethics. Chairman of the Council for Research Ethics and Scientific Integrity at Paris-Saclay University
  • France , nurse at Mulhouse hospital in eastern France

Useful links:

National network of psychosocial risk of health professionals

Mobilization platform for the health system

Inter-Emergency Collective website

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