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The Brest hospital (Finistère) recalls the importance of barrier gestures. The emergency services, which are still struggling to recruit, are coping. But the beds available are fewer and fewer.
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The Brest hospital (Finistère) recalls the importance of barrier gestures, as Covid returns. | WEST FRANCE ARCHIVES/MARC OLLIVIER
“Covid is coming back. Above all, think about barrier gestures. » The advice is given by Eric Stindel, president of the establishment medical commission of the Brest University Hospital (Finistère). A clue: this summer, 38 beds were available in the emergency room and today there are only eight. “There are few serious forms but some patients, who are more fragile, need respiratory assistance for a few days to cope with the disease. »
