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Bronchiolitis epidemic: lack of caregivers and beds, "we must transfer children 200 km from home"

2022-10-13T17:47:47.773Z


The epidemic of bronchiolitis which is accentuated in mainland France is aggravating the tensions already palpable in pediatric intensive care. For Professor St.


When we join Professor Stéphane Dauger this Thursday evening, the tone is weary.

In front of his computer, the boss of pediatric intensive care at the Robert-Debré hospital in Paris is precisely in the process of listing to his management the difficulties that his service is encountering.

Insufficient nurses, temporary workers who undermine the proper functioning of care, the feeling of not being heard despite the cries of alarm for years.

The bronchiolitis epidemic, which as in Hauts-de-France, Occitanie or New Aquitaine, is settling in Île-de-France only worsens an already tense situation.

Almost every day, this recognized white coat, a member of the inter-hospital collective (

a public hospital defense movement

), must refuse young patients.

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Source: leparis

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