More than 610 patients in critical condition have, since March 18, been evacuated from the Grand Est and Île-de-France, by medical TGV, by plane or by helicopter, to the less affected western regions. The Pays-de-la-Loire region has 181 intensive care patients, including 37 from Île-de-France and 15 from the Grand Est region. Brittany, which had received 42 patients, received 41 additional Ile-de-France patients on Sunday, dispatched between the hospitals of Vannes, Lorient, Quimper, Rennes, Saint-Malo, Morlaix and Brest.
“We immediately volunteered to receive patients, when we saw the difficulties of our colleagues. It is beneficial for the patients, it is an additional chance. This transfer strategy is effective, even if it is complex and highly technical, ” says Anne Costa, director general of the Poitiers university hospital which received 21 patients (3 by helicopter, 6 by plane, 12 by TGV). " It's a real expedition, our resuscitators are leaving
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