President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday
“additional reinforcements”
in intensive care to cope with the influx of serious patients from Covid-19 and to go
“in the coming days”
to more than 10,000 beds, against 7,665 currently.
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“Here I want to thank the medical students, the retirees, the army health service, all the volunteers of the health reserve. All are mobilized, will be mobilized in an increased way to increase in the coming days, our capacity to a little more than 10,000 beds, ”
he declared, referring to the opening of new reception capacities in certain Parisian hospitals, for in particular, avoid
“too much deprogramming”
of surgical operations.
