Les urgences ont notamment connu une forte affluence de personnes âgées. Midi Libre – EVA TISSOT
Confrontés à une recrudescence de prises en charge lourdes et à une situation plus tendue qu’annoncé, les Hôpitaux du bassin de Thau ont mis en place un dispositif d’urgence, qui sera prolongé jusqu’au 20 janvier.
More than a “small peak in attendance”. The Thau Basin Hospitals (HBT) have actually had to deal with a delicate situation since the end-of-year holidays. As a result of winter epidemics and in particular a virulent flu, activity began to increase from December 27 before becoming seriously strained, particularly during the first weekend of January.
“The staff working in the emergency department say they have experienced an unprecedented situation in recent days, explains Véronique Mauroy, CGT delegate for the HBT, surprised, like the staff, by the situation described in our columns on January 8.The agents speak of a 'tide of patients'. Ambulances were piling up outside the establishment waiting to take care of the patients. This was more than complex because the emergency services in Sète are not expandable and the downstream beds allowing patients to be quickly admitted were not immediately available.”
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000It was in particular a greater influx of elderly people requiring hospitalization that was at the origin of the overheating.
Eighteen additional beds
The situation led the management of the Thau Basin Hospitals to react and set up a “hospital under pressure” system, extended until January 20. The latter provides for a reinforcement of the emergency reception service teams, with additional nursing assistants and nurses, as well as an increase in the hospitalization capacity of the bed services accompanied by an increase in staff. Initially announced at sixteen, the increase in the number of beds has now been increased to eighteen.
“The situation is reassessed regularly in order to adjust the resources deployed as closely as possible to the needs”, assures the management, which confirms that “consultations and surgical activities are maintained, whether they are scheduled or emergency”.
The CGT has also recognized the efforts of the establishment: “The management reacted quickly by convening a crisis unit and implementing actions (opening beds, recruiting temporary paramedical staff, etc.)” On the other hand, it points out “the responsibility of governments successive” :“It is the ultra-liberal national policy pursued for years that is endangering the population in times of crisis.”
The HBTs remind us of the conduct to adopt in the event of a health problem
The context of tension leads the Thau Basin Hospitals to remind us of the importance of barrier gestures and the conduct to adopt in the event of a health problem to avoid overloading hospital services:
“If symptoms appear, you should consult your doctor as a priority. If your doctor is absent or unavailable, you can consult your pharmacist, who will give you advice, or contact a nearby health center or home. from home to get an appointment.
You can contact the 15 center to receive medical advice by telephone, to be informed of where to consult the nearest on-call doctor, to receive a visit from an on-call doctor or SOS Doctors or to be referred for care at hospital h"