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Are only 4% of operating theaters closed because of Covid?

2022-01-28T19:47:16.697Z


THE VERIFICATION - An internal document from the AP-HP reveals that the majority of deprogramming in Île-de-France results from positions that remained vacant, and not from the Omicron wave.


THE QUESTION.

"

We can ask the question in crude terms: is it logical to benefit from free healthcare when you have refused free vaccination for yourself and you are doubly endangering others, (...) by being able to take a place in intensive care needed for another patient?

".

Thus questioned Martin Hirsch, director of Public Assistance - Hospitals of Paris (AP-HP), in a column published on January 25 in

Le Monde

.

The following day, invited on the program “C à vous” on France 5, the director reiterated his questioning about the relevance of treating the non-vaccinated free of charge, which would penalize the entire hospital system.

To read alsoHirsch wants paid care for the non-vaccinated: “Tomorrow smokers who will have cancer will have to pay, too?”

Truly?

In a tweet on Thursday, epidemiologist Alice Desbiolles noted another reality: “

According to the AP-HP, 18% of operating theaters are closed.

Only 4% for Covid reasons

, ”she said, relying on a document signed by the AP-HP itself.

According to this same source, the closures are mainly explained by…

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Source: lefigaro

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