Faced with the second wave of coronavirus, the AP-HM deprecates operations

AP-HM caregivers -

It was a solution that the Assistance Publique des Hospitals de Marseille (AP-HM) wanted to avoid at all costs.

But faced with the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic which is affecting France's second city, the AP-HM has started to deprogram operations, according to statements by its management on Tuesday at a press conference.

"We have about ten deprograms this week," wishes to put Professor Dominique Rossi, president of the AP-HM establishment medical commission, into perspective.

Reinforcement of the sanitary reserve

On the other hand, contrary to what a government source said in the

last weekend, no patient transfer to another department has yet been carried out in connection with this excess activity linked to the Covid. -19, according to the Regional Health Agency.

"A team of twenty people arrived in support again yesterday," says Jean-Olivier Arnaud, Director General of AP-HM.

These 16 caregivers from the health reserve come to lend a hand in the resuscitation services of Marseille hospitals, while the AP-HM still lacks 27 doctors and 257 non-medical personnel to deal with the epidemic.

According to figures communicated on Tuesday by the Regional Health Agency, 170 patients with Covid-19 were hospitalized in hospitals in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on Wednesday, including 120 only in Bouches-du-Rhône and 50 to the AP-HM.

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