Strasbourg (AFP)
An nursing home in the suburbs of Nancy recorded the deaths of nine of its residents infected with Covid-19 in one week, we learned Sunday from the president of the board of directors of the establishment, Daniel Cilla.
The Regional Health Agency (ARS) of the Grand Est had reported on August 10 the death the day before of a first patient, over 90 years old, in this establishment of the mutualist group Acoris, "Les Sablons", located in Pulnoy (Meurthe-et-Moselle).
"Since that date and until today, eight other people have died, most also over 90 years old and presenting co-morbid factors," Cilla said, confirming information from L'Est Républicain.
"Two of them were at the end of their life", the Covid having certainly "accelerated" their death, he continued, specifying that the state of health of four other residents was monitored "very closely".
"Since the first symptoms on a person, which appeared on August 3 and immediately tested, and the confirmation that they were positive, we have carried out 360 tests on all employees and residents", added Mr. Cilla. .
The “Les Sablons” nursing home now has around 75 residents and around sixty staff members, eight of whom, including a nurse and caregivers, have asserted their right of withdrawal, he added.
Mr. Cilla intends to launch an appeal Monday on a local radio to find additional personnel for the weeks to come.
Since then, the discovery of the first cases, the residents have been re-confined to their rooms, the organization of the establishment having been split into two teams, one in charge of residents with Covid and the other of those who are not. not.
Visits are also "totally suspended", still according to Mr. Cilla who deplores that some families have been "undisciplined", kissing their old parents or visiting them when they had had the Covid. "But the contamination could also come from a member of the staff," he noted.
ARS Grand Est, for its part, had specified that before registering these cases of Covid, the nursing home, located in a town of 5,000 inhabitants, "had not previously experienced positive cases among residents and employees" .
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