Four patients with covid-19 hospitalized in Saint-Martin were evacuated to Guadeloupe last weekend. As of Monday afternoon, eleven patients were still cared for in the covid unit of the Louis-Constant Fleming hospital center and two others were admitted to the emergency room. The management of the establishment does not hide its concern about the upsurge in new cases of covid in recent days. She is all the more worried with the start of the hurricane season.
The hospital director attended the season launch meeting organized on Monday afternoon by the prefecture and alerted the assistance to health issues. On two levels.
On the one hand at the level of cyclone shelters. "If the population goes to shelters without being vaccinated, it may be complicated," she warned. On the other hand at the level of the organization of the hospital itself.
As during any hurricane season, the establishment prepares itself by defining a special zone to accommodate patients during a meteorological phenomenon. “This year, with the pandemic, we will have to have a second zone for covid patients,” she says.
Also in order to reduce the risks of contamination and the difficulties of taking care of patients in the event of a crisis, the hospital management encourages the population to be vaccinated. (soualigapost.com)
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