In the midst of a debate on the possible isolation of people who tested positive for Covid-19, the French Hospital Federation (FHF) on Tuesday deemed "sensible" and "credible" to finance their hotel accommodation "on the basis of a medical prescription" .
Hospital workers are taking over from hoteliers: "Several important players in the sector have offered their services" and are "ready to open their rooms to isolate patients" from the coronavirus, argues the president of the FHF, Frédéric Valletoux.
"For the moment no answer has been served to them", he adds, astonished "that this solution is not carried more by the authorities".
" Weakness "
"Maybe that is not feasible in practice, but that would deserve at least that the government explains why", he insists, judging on the contrary that this "sensible (and) credible proposal deserves to be examined carefully. if we want to be more successful with the isolation strategy ”, which would have been“ the weak point ”of the first deconfinement in the spring.
According to Frédéric Valletoux "the cost of overnight stays could be borne by the community, on the basis of a medical prescription", which "will in any case be less expensive than financing hospitalizations or risking a third wave".
READ ALSO>
What is “forced” isolation?
At "a few tens of euros" a night in a hotel against "more than a thousand euros" in the hospital, "the calculation is quickly done", underlines the president of the FHF, already imagining the "considerable savings for the system of health, which could be reassigned elsewhere ”.