When the country recorded a record of contaminations on Wednesday with 332,252 new patients, La Timone, the largest hospital in south-eastern France, is on the front line.
On this floor, of the 20 resuscitation beds available, five are available for “non-Covid” patients.
"Currently, the health system in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region and more particularly in (the department) Bouches-du-Rhône is on the ground because of an unvaccinated population", warns the doctor, who launched, with 700 other Marseille colleagues, a vibrant call for vaccination, at a "dramatically low" level in the second largest city in France.
Barely 60% of the population had received two doses there at the end of December, against 77% nationally.
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"This morning, I was told that the operation was unscheduled, that it might be Friday, perhaps, if there is room", blows Thierry Baranger, 61, arrived Tuesday from Gap, 200 km from Marseille, to be operated on for a coronary bypass surgery.
He will have to be patient, and that annoys him: “I was vaccinated, I did what was necessary to ensure that I was protected.
Those who don't want to do it, it's a bit tricky anyway.
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