At least 80 people have been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 at Menton hospital, including 39 members of healthcare teams in different departments.
The staff representatives point to a lack of staff, which forces the transfer of nurses from one floor to another, which would promote the circulation of the virus.
The curves gradually approach the objective.
More than 11,000 new positive cases for Covid-19 were detected in 24 hours, according to figures released Friday by Public Health France.
This is much less than at the height of the crisis, but it is still too much, the threshold set by Emmanuel Macron being to go down to 5,000 contaminations per day by December 15, date from which deconfinement will be replaced. by a curfew.
Even today, there are new clusters, such as at the hospital in Menton, in the Alpes-Maritimes, where a total of 80 people have been infected.
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Of this figure, 39 health professionals were infected in three different services.
This spread of the virus does not surprise the CGT delegate from the hospital: "Unfortunately, we have no guarantee that, in the days to come, the situation will improve rapidly", she regrets to Europe 1 The establishment is facing an increase in the number of covid patients, with a permanent understaffed staff.
"For example, we will send nurses or nursing assistants to another service to make replacements as and when they are lacking, while these are staff who may have come across a positive patient. The more we move people. , the more you take the risk of circulating the virus. "
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"Professionals, sometimes, do not respect barrier gestures"
The trade unionist also deplores the rationing of protective equipment, such as gloves, or the decision to leave the hospital canteen open.
But for the director Odile Capitani-Dollo, the caregivers are also responsible for this situation.
"It is not in connection with the establishment. I think that professionals, sometimes, do not respect the barrier gestures at the time of the breaks and in their relations outside the establishment", she advances. .
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A drop in vigilance linked to staff fatigue, responds the union, which calls for priority to respect the days of rest.