A “decline” finally visible at the Rodez hospital

If it’s too early to claim victory in the face of the second wave of epidemics – “ It’s not behind us and it’s not over “Health Minister Olivier Véran also recalled Wednesday morning – the first encouraging signs of the current imprisonment are being felt in French hospitals. In Rodez we can finally speak of “decline”, with a drop in the number of patients treated in recent days. Currently, 22 people with the coronavirus occupy beds in Covid areas and six people were still in intensive care this Thursday at 2pm, up from eight earlier in the week. Earlier this week, the Regional Health Agency in Occitania also specified it “For the first time since this summer, the main epidemiological surveillance indicators of Covid-19 are falling.”

“Of course, we are seeing a decline but we are still very close to the highest levels known since the beginning of the epidemic. next weeks “, explains the director of the hospital, Vincent Prévoteau.

Mitigate the deprogramming, the other problem

For the latter, the other stakes are also in non-Covid interventions, after a strong deprogramming during this second wave (70%). “We need to catch up as quickly as possible, that of this second wave but also of the first,” he says, on the eve of a traditionally busy vacation period for hospitals.

Meanwhile, the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, said at a press conference this Thursday at noon that “the next five weeks will be decisive”.