The Grand Est Regional Health Agency (ARS) has appealed to health professionals to relieve the nursing staff of hospitals and nursing homes " if necessary ", she told AFP on Thursday. " It is not linked to a new wave, it is an anticipatory approach, if necessary ", assured AFP Dr. Carole Crétin, director of strategy at the ARS.
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The call concerns " all types of profiles " - nurses, physiotherapists, nursing assistants, civil protection volunteers - and " any caregiver who can devote time, " said Carole Crétin. A call had already been launched “ in the context of the coronavirus epidemic in early March, at the height of the crisis, to constitute a regional base of volunteers. At the time of the start of the school year, we update this database, ”she explained.
The volunteers will be able to relieve the care teams of hospitals, accommodation establishments for dependent elderly people (Ehpad) and other medico-social establishments, " well requested " in the Grand Est where the circulation of the virus has been very active, detailed Carole Crétin . There are " no major tensions " in the establishments of the ten departments of the Region, she nevertheless assured.
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They will also be able to lend a hand for the nasal screening campaign for the coronavirus, at the start of the school year. Volunteers, students, retirees or working people can register on the ARS du Grand Est website.
