The Saint-Nazaire hospital must face “exceptional level of activity over the past few days”. On Tuesday January 7, he triggered the white plan, level 2. This grade corresponds to a “exceptional health situation”. Management explains: “Despite the measures already put in place, as well as the resumption of activity of peripheral establishments, the tension weighing on emergency and hospitalization services is not easing, and is likely to continue over time . »
The challenge of maintaining hospitalization capacity
This level 2 makes it possible to implement so-called “exceptional” measures. Which ones? “Nursing reinforcements are being put in place in the emergency room and in the units. A winter unit with nine hospitalization beds is open to meet additional care needs. In the emergency room, a second waiting unit before hospitalization was also temporarily opened. Very partial deprogramming in medicine is being carried out, in order to maintain hospitalization capacity for patients who need it most,” lists the hospital management.
She does not hesitate to talk about « crisis ». A monitoring unit closely follows the evolution of the situation, to adapt the white plan again if necessary.
