During a trip to a hospital in Essonne, in the Paris region, Prime Minister Jean Castex acknowledged that caregivers would "suffer" in the face of the second wave of coronavirus which hit France.
"You will suffer, I know it": Jean Castex went to the South Francilien Hospital Center in Corbeil-Essonne (Essonne) on Tuesday afternoon, where the nursing staff told him of his fatigue and difficulties in finding reinforcement in the face of the second wave of Covid-19.
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"We assume"
"You will suffer, I know it, it's like that," admitted the Prime Minister, addressing the caregivers of this hospital located about thirty kilometers south of Paris, insisting on the need for confinement.
"We assume. We try to make good decisions. It has been a long time since I understood that by closing bars, it is difficult to be popular. But the objective is to save as many lives as possible. ", he insisted.
Charlotte blue on the head, the Prime Minister, accompanied by the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, went to the emergency room, in the intensive care units, then took part in a round table to discuss with caregivers, nurses , health and administrative executives, as well as doctors.
This hospital establishment, one of the largest in Ile-de-France excluding APHP, with 3,600 employees, and 1,194 beds and places, recorded at the height of the crisis more than 300 Covid beds.
As of Tuesday morning, it had 105 Covid patients, including 25 in intensive care.
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A "very difficult" month of November
The head of government reiterated the fact that the month of November would be "very difficult", and wished "to better testify to the whole nation that the health crisis is serious", noting that there was resuscitation "young people: one aged 27, the other 35".
"We are on a daily red line, every day we are close to a nurse, a nurse, we close two beds because there is a lack of a nurse. It is a red rope on which we are constantly arching. , and the crisis only accentuates this, "explained a nurse in the emergency room.
"We are not that many"
During the first wave, "we had physical and psychological fatigue", "for many reasons", and in particular because "there were many fears for us, for our families", explains another.
For the second wave, she has the feeling that fatigue comes from the fact "that we are not as numerous" as in March-April.
Another caregiver commented on the training of resuscitators: "It takes 10 years of studies" for a doctor, "and a resuscitator is another three or four years".
"When I say it, people don't believe me," remarked Jean Castex.
"In four months, we can train resuscitators, they tell me that all the time," he said.
At the end of two hours of discussions, the head of government noted the need for "reinforcements in non-strictly nursing staff on logistical and auxiliary tasks", in order to lighten the burden of nursing staff.
He promised to "learn the lessons" from this crisis to strengthen long-term hospital services.