INTERVIEW
France recorded Friday the heaviest daily toll since the start of the epidemic with 588 additional deaths and more than 6,500 people in intensive care. In Île-de-France, the figures are irreparably increasing: the head of the Regional Health Agency mentioned on Saturday morning a total of 2,400 people in intensive care. Djillali Annane, head of the resuscitation service at a Hauts de Seine hospital, however, assures the microphone of Europe 1 that the patients could be received normally. "We are not in a situation of overflowing or exceeding capacity."
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"The situation has been relatively stable for 2-3 days," said Professor Djillali Annane. "All the beds are occupied by serious patients requiring respiratory assistance." At the Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches, the 33 beds in his department are mobilized.
"Avoid finding yourself in the situation of the Grand Est"
However, Djillali Annane ensures that the Île-de-France region has "room for maneuver" to accommodate more patients if necessary. Counting on the effects of confinement measures, he observed a slowdown in the number of patients admitted to intensive care. "We have to make sure that it consolidates during the weekend and the beginning of next week."
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A situation of relative stability that the professor puts on the account of the good management of the Regional Health Agency. "It must be recognized that the strategy of using transfers in the regions has undeniably made it possible to avoid the region finding itself in the situation of the Grand Est." After having been under heavy pressure on its hospitals, eastern France is approaching the peak of the epidemic. Emergency room workers are already recording a slight drop in admissions.