The armies will also contribute to the vaccination campaign.
The ministry announced on Saturday evening that seven army training hospitals (HIA), out of the eight in mainland France, would host, from Tuesday, permanent vaccination centers: in Saint-Mandé (Bégin) and Clamart (Percy) in the Paris region, in Marseille, Toulon, Metz, Bordeaux and Brest.
Only the Lyon HIA was not included in the system.
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These seven military hospitals should eventually be able to administer up to 50,000 doses per week,
" the ministry promised.
During previous vaccination weekends, some 10,000 civilians have already been vaccinated within HIA.
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While the European armies are strongly mobilized in the face of Covid-19, the French soldiers will step up their efforts.
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The Minister of the Armed Forces also asked the armies to be ready to deploy military vaccination centers in the region, according to the needs expressed by the Ministry of Health and Solidarity,
" added the staff on Saturday evening in a statement.
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The location of these centers will be defined in consultation with the prefects and the regional health authorities in the areas where this capacity will be most useful.
These centers will be managed and organized by the Ministry of the Armed Forces
”, it was specified.
Two weeks ago, the ministry was assured “
not to have this track on the radar
”.
The Minister of the Armed Forces also asked the armies to be ready to deploy military vaccination centers in the regions, according to the needs expressed by the Ministry of Health and Solidarity.
The staff
HIAs will also increase their resuscitation capacities.
Since the start of the health crisis, military hospitals have not stopped welcoming civilian patients of covid: 1,433 since the start of the pandemic a year ago.
The HIA “
currently have 90 intensive care beds.
By means of further deprogramming, we will be able to intensify our contribution and increase our resuscitation capacities by 10%
”, declared the spokesperson Herbé Grandjean last Thursday.
The field hospital deployed in Mayotte, which had made it possible to increase capacity on the island by ten beds, will also be closed.
The health situation in the archipelago has improved.
The "
Military Resuscitation Element
" could, if necessary, be deployed elsewhere.
More than 14,000 soldiers already vaccinated
For the past year, the armies have seemed to do little in the pandemic.
But for the Army Health Service, which must provide medical support to the forces as its primary mission, this increase in power weighs heavily and constantly threatens its operational capacities.
Within the general staff, it is also recalled that the SSA represents only 1% of the national healthcare supply and that it is not in a position to meet the needs of the crisis.
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The Army Health Service will continue to ensure at the same time all of its missions, which include in particular the vaccination of civilian and military personnel from the Ministry of the Armed Forces, as well as soldiers from the Ministry of the Interior such as the Paris firefighters. , the gendarmes or civil security
, ”the ministry added on Saturday.
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These vaccinations take place in the order defined by the government strategy
," we added.
In the units, the soldiers likely to be deployed in operation have already received the instructions to be ready.
Some 14,176 soldiers have already been vaccinated, including sailors from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and the carrier strike group that accompanies it.
The staff hopes to be able to vaccinate the military in foreign operations.
