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Home care providers mobilized at the bedside of lighter patients

2021-04-05T22:01:29.599Z


Complementary to home hospitalization (HAD) - which takes care of complex patients, requiring frequent nursing care and extensive medical monitoring - the PSADs take care of lighter patients.


As tension continues to mount in hospital wards, home service providers (PSADs) say they can support 10,000 additional oxygen therapy patients to relieve hospitals.

In addition to the 5,000 Covid patients they are already managing.

“We can help free up beds,”

insists Charles-Henri des Villettes, who invites hospitals and liberal doctors to seize this possibility.

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Complementary to home hospitalization (HAD) - which takes care of complex patients, requiring frequent nursing care and heavy medical monitoring - the PSADs take care of lighter patients, independently, with a team of professionals city ​​liberals.

“Normally, if a Covid patient is stabilized, and goes home with just an oxygen supplement, we can take care of it.

If he has other medical needs in addition, he can be rerouted to the HAD ”,

summarizes Charles-Henri des Villettes, president.

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Source: lefigaro

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