The number of Covid-19 patients hospitalized in critical care is "relatively stable".
The consequences on the hospital of the fifth wave, "if it must occur", are not expected before "at the end of December or in January", indicates this Monday the boss of the AP-HP (Public Assistance - Hospitals of Paris ) Martin Hirsch.
"The number of hospitalized patients is not increasing too quickly," said the director general of AP-HP on France Inter. “For critical care, it has been relatively stable for 15 days. We think that the strong increase, if it is to occur, would rather occur at the end of December or in January than now ”. “The hospital is in a difficult situation. Today, it's not just Covid patients, ”he detailed, citing the flu or seasonal childhood illnesses such as bronchiolitis. "Forecasts are extremely difficult to make today."
. @ MartinHirsch: “The number of hospitalized patients is increasing slowly, for critical care it is relatively stable, while new cases are increasing more.
The sharp increase, if it does occur, would rather occur at the end of December or January. ”
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“In Ile-de-France, there are a little less than 300 patients in critical care, including a third at the AP-HP, and there are a little less than 600 patients hospitalized outside critical care.
The rate of Covid patients in intensive care beds is about a quarter, ”he added.
“The number of hospitalized patients is not increasing too quickly.
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Martin Hirsch also indicated that a thousand positions out of around 18,000 were currently unfilled at AP-HP.
“It weighs, not only on operations, he said.
Because of this lack of nurses, we have roughly 13% of our beds closed at AP-HP.
We do not take 13% fewer patients but 4 or 5% in hospital.
On the other hand, in day hospitals we take 5% more patients.
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An 81.4% increase in contamination in one week
“We treat about as many patients with a little less staff and with a certain number of closed beds.
Which partly explains the tensions.
Everyone squeezes their buttocks.
It cannot last for months and months of course, ”further warned the manager of the AP-HP.
On average calculated over seven days, the number of daily Covid-19 cases has almost doubled in one week.
It is 18,189, compared to 10,023 seven days earlier.
This represents an increase of 81.4%.
On Sunday, 8,038 Covid-19 patients were hospitalized in France, including 1,339 in critical care services (the most serious cases), against 6,500 and 1,000 respectively a month earlier.
