A Covid-19 patient transfer -

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This Wednesday morning, three Covid-19 patients who were hospitalized in the intensive care units of the Pasteur hospital, in Nice, were transferred to Brest, confirmed to

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Romain Alexandre, the departmental delegate of the Regional Agency for health (ARS) Paca.

According to information from the local daily

Nice-Matin

, the patients are a 47-year-old woman and two men, one 56 years old and the other in about 60 years.

They were taken to the airport by ambulances from Samu around 10 a.m.

Twitter screenshot on the transfer of Covid-19 patients from Nice to Brest on February 24, 2021. - J. Rouquet / Twitter screenshot

The initial capacity of the sheave services is very much exceeded

According to the latest report from the Paca Regional Health Agency published Tuesday evening, 106 people were in intensive care in the department.

The initial capacity of these services is greatly exceeded (124.1%) and 87.6% of beds (including those specially vacated) are occupied.

In recent days, three patient transfers had already been organized in other departments of Paca.

And since the start of the year, nine patients have been sent to other regions to relieve congestion in Riviera hospitals.

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Transfers of patients from the PACA region scheduled for Tuesday

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Transfers of patients to avoid saturation in intensive care in the Alpes-Maritimes

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  • Brest

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  • Nice