The Rennes University Hospital has initiated deprogramming to "
cope with strong hospital tensions in medicine and the increase in Covid patients
" and not Covid, and "in
order to free up additional hospitalization capacities
", the establishment announced on Monday in a statement.
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"
A number of Covid patients on the rise for 10 days and an increase in emergency room visits for suspected Covid
" has led to "
strong tensions
" on the beds of post-emergency doctors "
confirming, in a prolonged manner, the mismatch between hospitalization needs and available capacities
, ”the press release continued, indicating that the CHU is experiencing higher activity of + 5% compared to January 2020.
“
Between January 11 and 21, the number of Covid patients treated at the CHU increased by 28% (90 hospitalized patients),
” the
press
release added.
"
Faced with very strong tensions in its Covid and non-Covid capacities, the Rennes University Hospital is initiating deprogramming as part of its white plan in order to free up additional hospitalization capacities
", explains the establishment.
The “
White Plan
”, an organizational measure intended to cope with an influx of patients, has been in force at the CHU since October 28.
In addition, "
the downstream capacities of the emergency rooms of the CHU in medicine beds are strongly impacted by the appearance of clusters (caregivers and patients contaminated by Covid-19) in several medical services of the CHU, despite extreme vigilance professionals
”.
It is the same with “
privileged partners
” in medicine, outside the CHU, which reduces the availability of beds.
Following the Covid crisis in 2020, “
activity at the CHU in 2020 fell by 7.1% compared to 2019, including 5.2% in medicine and 8.7% in surgery (- 11% interventions).
Since the summer of 2020, a catching-up of activity has been initiated in order to limit the delays in support
”, which leads to this increase of + 5% between January 2019 and January 2020, further specifies the text.
