Covid-19: in the face of a critical situation, doctors are putting pressure on the government

Covid-19 contaminations have increased by 17% in one week in France, where more than 30,000 new cases are now recorded on average every day.

An acceleration that spares almost no region and worries doctors.

Because in hospitals, the situation is critical and could force caregivers to "sort" between patients.

Despite the new measures taken by the government on March 18 and the confinement of 9 departments in total, Covid-19 contaminations continue to increase in France and increasingly worry caregivers on the ground.

Several dozen of them signed two forums this weekend in the

JDD

and the

World

 to alert the government to the situation.

And Sunday evening, the AP-HP crisis medical directors were received by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.

If doctors are putting pressure on the government in this way, it is because the situation is on the verge of collapse in health establishments.

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"The hospital is going to be crushed"

With nearly 30,000 new cases recorded every day on average, contaminations have indeed increased by 17% in one week.

An acceleration that affects almost all regions.

In five departments of Île-de-France, the incidence rate now even exceeds the level observed during the second wave.

Intensive care admissions are increasing, with increasingly younger patients.

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For Benjamin Davido, infectious disease specialist at Raymond Poincaré hospital in Garches, it is urgent to act.

"Very clearly, if tomorrow or the day after there is no decrease in the incidence of new cases, especially in the most affected regions, that means that the measures have no impact. Either because they are not understood, either because they are not effective. It will therefore be necessary to take harsher measures on a health plan if we want to free up hospitalization places, and also free the conscience of doctors ".

Because the saturation of resuscitation services could very soon force caregivers to "sort" between patients.

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And what also worries caregivers is that the situation is not the same as last year: patients unrelated to Covid-19 must be taken care of and staff reinforcements are impossible in the most vulnerable regions. most affected.

Concerns summarized by a resuscitator from Île-de-France: "If we do not reach the peak of the third wave in the next 10 days, the hospital will be crushed".