These plans allow hospitals to take exceptional measures, such as deprogramming certain operations, reassigning or recalling staff members from leave.
Published on 10/01/2025 09:01
Updated on 10/01/2025 09:10
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Faced with the flu epidemic, 87 hospitals have triggered the white plan, a system which allows certain operations to be deprogrammed or staff to be recalled from leave, the Ministry of Health announced on Friday January 10.
The Minister of Labor, Health, Solidarity and Families Catherine Vautrin had mentioned a little earlier on https://twitter.com/Europe1/status/1877618386420576724 a “hundred” of hospitals having activated this system, as of Thursday evening, in the face of the influx of patients. These plans allow hospitals to take exceptional measures, such as deprogramming certain operations, reassigning or recalling staff members from leave.
A previous count carried out by AFP based on information published online by establishments or the administration mentioned on Tuesday around twenty hospitals having activated the white plan.
The winter flu epidemic, which usually lasts ten to twelve weeks, intensified in early January and caused hospitalizations at a level “exceptionally high” compared to previous seasons, Public Health France (SpF) observed on Wednesday.
The number of flu-related deaths, mainly among those over 65, has increased. To protect against this, the authorities regularly remind us that vaccination remains the most effective, particularly against serious forms of influenza and Covid-19. It is recommended for people aged 65 and over, immunocompromised people, infants over six months old with comorbidities, pregnant women and residents of medico-social establishments. On CNews-Europe 1, Catherine Vautrin called “those who have not yet been vaccinated” to do it. “When we look at emergency room arrivals and in particular the cases of complications, more than 70% of them are people who are not vaccinated and who are eligible people”she stressed.
