"
The private sector is there and the private sector can help
", assures the Federation of Private Hospitalization (FHP) on Sunday, specifying that "
if there were to be a new acceleration of the Covid-19 epidemic
", the sector "
could upgrade its resuscitation services in order to have a larger number of beds
”.
"
We are today between 1,500 and 2,000 intensive care beds dedicated to Covid patients and we can go up to 4,000
", detailed to AFP Lamine Gharbi, president of the FHP.
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In Ile-de-France, for example, placed under "
enhanced surveillance
" and where 791 people were in critical care on Friday according to figures from the Regional Health Agency (ARS), the private sector could support "
up to 20 , 30% of patients hospitalized in intensive care,
”specifies the president of the FHP.
In the first wave, this percentage had risen to 27%.
"
To make room for resuscitation and mobilize staff
", the clinics are deprogramming.
“
It goes from 20% to 50%,
” he said.
And if private clinics can support the public hospital by taking Covid patients in intensive care, they can also do it in medicine, in follow-up care and take non-Covid surgical patients to relieve the hospital and avoid delays in care , according to the FHP.
“
We can help, but there also has to be goodwill from everyone on the pitch.
Under the aegis of regional health agencies, there really has to be cooperation between the public and the private sector, regulation,
”insists the president of the FHP.
