Avoid the worst in hospitals under pressure.
Transfers of Covid-19 patients from Hauts-de-France to Germany are "planned in the coming days", as well as evacuations to other French regions, Frédéric Valletoux, president of the Federation said on Tuesday. Hospitalière de France (FHF).
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The second epidemic wave continues to mount and "the pressure is extremely strong in certain territories", in particular Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and in Hauts-de-France, declared Mr. Valletoux during a video. press conference.
"Transfers to other regions, even other countries, will help reduce this pressure and will sometimes be essential," he added.
"In the next ten days"
Thus, in Hauts-de-France, "it is planned in the coming days of transfers to Germany or to other regions," said the president of the federation of public hospitals.
These evacuations could take place "in the next ten days", he said, the health authorities predicting "a point of saturation proven within ten days" in the intensive care units.
Transfers of patients have already taken place between establishments in the same region, "particularly in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes", and between regions, "Brittany being the most in demand" for these operations, carried out "for the moment by aerial ”, recalled Zaynab Riet, General Delegate of the FHF.
The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, underlined Monday on RTL that "around forty transfers had already been made last week", of which "a certain number were made before the situation was too critical [...], in order to do things in anticipation, based on the experience of the first wave ”.
