Faced with a significant influx of patients in the emergency room, due in particular to winter illnesses, the white plan was triggered at the Abbeville hospital this Sunday, January 5, 2025. The establishment calls for travel only for reasons “which are relevant emergency”.
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The Abbeville hospital center has just launched its white plan, this Sunday, January 5, 2025. In fact, the services are confronted “to a large influx of patients due to the increase in winter pathologies, such as the flu“, writes the establishment on its Facebook page.
In addition, waiting times have been significantly lengthened, which is now pushing the hospital “to prioritize the management of serious and vital emergencies“.
But what is a white plan for? “It makes it possible to implement staff recall and deprogramming strategies, this makes it possible to launch the general mobilization of the establishment“, explains Hélène Deruddre, director of the hospital. Certain non-urgent surgical procedures were canceled this Monday to allow for reception capacity in the departments.
To trigger it, “we will take into account the number of beds available in the establishment“, continues the director. “There, we had no beds available“, neither in the medical sector, nor in critical care (resuscitation, continuing care), nor in surgery.
In addition, the capacity of the eight-bed short-term hospitalization unit has been largely exceeded: “we added 10 additional beds on stretchers in the corridors, we see that we are at saturation“This is why the decision to trigger was taken in consultation with the president of the establishment medical commission.
Hélène Derundre notes that “all establishments in the territory are in the same situation“For example, tension exists at the Amiens University Hospital. Other hospitals in the surrounding area, such as Dieppe, have launched their white plan. “Beyond that, on the national territory, there is a problem of massive influx into the various emergency services“, observe-t-elle.
This is why she advises “to avoid going to the emergency room for reasons that are not a real emergency“. During the day and weekdays, it is better to contact your doctor. If he is not available, you must “go through the platforms to select another general practitioner“.
She specifies that in the Somme, it is possible to contact 15 to “be put in touch with a doctor on call“. And, in any case, “in case of a vital emergency, dial 15“.
A crisis unit will be held tomorrow to manage the beds internally and “assess whether the situation needs to be readjusted“, concludes the director.
