Management of a patient with Covid-19 at the Lille University Hospital. - Sarah Alcalay / SIPA

  • The Lille CHU has announced a gradual return to a more usual care activity, while retaining a capacity to accommodate patients with Covid-19.
  • The caregivers noted "delays in the treatment of other pathologies than Covid-19", according to the Lille University Hospital.
  • The mortality rate linked to Covid-19 in intensive care is identical to that of other pathologies.

The tension drops slowly. During its weekly press briefing, the hospital center (CHU) of Lille, in the North, clearly mentions "a stagnation of the epidemic wave" and "the next transition to a reorganization of care". But this gradual return to more habitual activity is far from being the last phase of the particular organization linked to the Covid-19 epidemic.

“Resumption of activity on non-Covid pathologies will have to coexist with the treatment of patients affected by the coronavirus, and this for long months. It's going to be very complex, we will have to adapt because we are unable to measure how quickly these Covid patients will be received, ”said Professor François-René Pruvot, president of the Medical Commission of the Lille CHU.

Delay in the management of other pathologies

One thing is certain, the caregivers noted "delays in the treatment of other pathologies than Covid-19", explains Daniel Mathieu, head of the intensive care unit at the Lille University Hospital. For example, cases of peritonitis in young patients who had waited too long and one or two aggravated cases of infarction that were not treated early enough due to lack of alert.

The Lille University Hospital now claims to be able to redeploy its forces. “The number of resuscitations linked to the Covid-19 is down, notes Daniel Mathieu. The resuscitation stay is about 20 days for severely ill people. Today, the bed occupancy rate is linked to a sharp rise three weeks ago. "

For Professor Mathieu, a first observation is imperative: four Covid-19 patients out of five are resuscitated cured. "The mortality rate in intensive care does not differ from the usual affections," he notes. It is about 20%. This means that Covid-19 is certainly a serious infection, but that this pathology does not give rise to a desperate diagnosis. "

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