Paris (AFP)
Practitioner in a hospital in the Paris region, on the front line to treat the surge of coronavirus patients, an anesthesiologist-resuscitator delivers daily for AFP, on condition of anonymity, the summary of his day in the middle of a health crisis.
- Monday April 6 -
"Things have calmed down for several days, that's for sure. There are fewer calls from the Samu, fewer people in the emergency room. There are still a lot of seriously ill or who can get worse in hospitals. will know that after the fact if the worst is over.
We breathe a little more. However, the medical and paramedical teams remain under pressure. You can't really say that morale is improving. Everyone knows that it is far from over and that we will have to hold on.
Obviously, the images of the streets of Paris dismay the nursing staff. This is why we are very careful about the current lull. This spontaneous deconfinement could have consequences and make a second wave. We are afraid of it. It is very likely to happen.
In recent days, research protocols have started at the hospital. Some drugs are tested. We hope to have quick answers, to put an end to all these controversies about miracle drugs where everyone goes from their personal theory. And above all, it will give answers to better care for patients.
We rarely think of anything else, including at home ... All discussions revolve around that. In the hospital, the spirits begin to tire and to run out of steam. Some tensions are starting to appear. It is difficult to cut out of the hospital. And above all, as soon as we have a moment, we try to sleep.
We are talking about the post-crisis. It seems very far away. One wonders how long it will take to reorganize everything. We do not know if this will even be possible. It took a few days to create this whole organization. Backtracking seems to us, for the moment, to be the work of titans.
I imagine everyone will want to go on vacation. Even though activity is expected to resume explosively. It is feared that the governing bodies of hospitals want a very rapid resumption of usual activity. People may crack at that point. "
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