A patient suffering from Covid-19 and requiring special treatment must be evacuated late Thursday afternoon from Bastia hospital to Marseille aboard the army Puma helicopter, Bastia hospital said and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Corsica.
“This patient requires special treatment that cannot be managed here.
We initiate this treatment but then we need support on the continent, ”said André De Caffarelli, medical director of the Covid units of the Bastia hospital center.
"If we can transfer one or two patients, that would be good", the five Covid resuscitation beds being currently occupied, added Jean-Mathieu Defour, director of the hospital.
In total, 68 people are hospitalized, including 15 in intensive care or intensive care, according to the latest report from the Regional Health Agency published on Thursday.
The ARS on Tuesday triggered the "white plan" allowing hospitals to increase their capacities while the Isle of Beauty is currently frequented by tens of thousands of tourists and the incidence rate of young people aged 15 to 19 is 1,900 per 100,000 inhabitants.
This rate is 659 for the whole of Corsica all age categories combined, the prefects and the ARS said on Wednesday.
Since the start of the epidemic, the island has already experienced medical evacuations.
On March 22, 2020, the first 12 patients with Covid-19 had been evacuated to relieve the Ajaccio hospital to four Marseille hospitals.
Other transfers were also organized a few days later.
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