Caregivers at the Mulhouse hospital, particularly affected by the coronavirus epidemic, said on Wednesday their "fright" at the "revolting" images, especially in Paris, of people ignoring physical distanciations during the first days of deconfinement.
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"These behaviors that we can observe, it generates concern (...) A second wave is not excluded", said during a press conference Dr Philippe Guiot, medical director of the pole of Intensive Medicine of Mulhouse hospital.
"Dread"
"My concern as a doctor is to see these behaviors which can lead to an increase in infected patients, while being aware that the medical teams are still in a very advanced state of fatigue, not to say exhaustion ", he added.
Asked how she felt about the images of people gathering en masse to enjoy the deconfinement, like Monday evening in Paris on the banks of the Saint-Martin canal, Corinne Krencker, director of the establishment, expressed her " dread "and his feeling of" revolt ", insisting on compliance with the barrier measures.
"Terrible" images
President of the Grand Est Region and an emergency physician by training, Jean Rottner also called for a "collective citizen attitude", whether "in Paris, in Alsace or on the beaches of the Atlantic". The images of the deconfinement "are just as terrible" as those broadcast in March, at the start of the epidemic, showing Parisians enjoying the sun in the capital's parks, added Jean Rottner.
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Located in the Haut-Rhin, one of the first and main centers of the epidemic in France, the Émile-Muller hospital in Mulhouse closed on Tuesday its last service created specially and urgently for the care of patients Covid.
With now 36 intensive care beds, the facility is regaining its usual capacity. But the situation remains fragile, especially in the event of a second wave of Covid patients: out of the 35 beds occupied, "27 patients are in intensive care for Covid-type reasons," said Corinne Krencker.