As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong
4 years, 2 months ago

As virus fills French ICUs anew, doctors ask what went wrong

Associated Press  

PARIS — During a single overnight shift this week, three new COVID-19 patients were rushed into Dr. Karim Debbat’s small intensive care ward in the southern French city of Arles. It now has more virus patients than during the pandemic’s first wave and is scrambling to create new ICU beds elsewhere in the hospital to accommodate the sick. Despite being one of the world’s richest nations — and one of those hardest hit when the pandemic first washed over the world — France hasn’t added significant ICU capacity or the staff needed to manage extra beds, according to national health agency figures and doctors at multiple hospitals. That’s the problem.” When protesting Paris public hospital workers confronted French President Emmanuel Macron this week to demand more government investment, he said: “It’s no longer a question of resources, it’s a question of organization.” He defended his government’s handling of the crisis, and noted 8.5 billion euros in investment promised in July for the hospital system.

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Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention
2 years, 6 months ago

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention

Dutch News  

Health minister Ernst Kuipers has said increasing intensive care capacity is not the way to tackle a potential new wave of coronavirus infections later in the year. In an interview with Nieuwsuur, Kuipers said there was a ‘high’ chance of the virus returning, but social and business sectors and individuals shared the responsibility for keeping infections under control. If the …

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention
2 years, 6 months ago

Kuipers: more IC beds will not stop coronavirus wave, focus on prevention

Dutch News  

Health minister Ernst Kuipers has said increasing intensive care capacity is not the way to tackle a potential new wave of coronavirus infections later in the year. In an interview with Nieuwsuur, Kuipers said there was a ‘high’ chance of the virus returning, but social and business sectors and individuals shared the responsibility for keeping infections under control. If the …

Covid ICU total continues to fall; Nearly 81,000 new infections
2 years, 10 months ago

Covid ICU total continues to fall; Nearly 81,000 new infections

NL Times  

Intensive care units in the Netherlands were treating 189 patients with Covid-19 on Friday afternoon, the lowest total since October 24. Hospitals admitted 219 patients with the disease in the past 24 hours, nine of whom were sent directly to intensive care. On average, hospitals admitted 193 patients each of the past seven days, slightly more than the previous week. …

Covid ICU patient total below 200 for first time in 15 weeks
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid ICU patient total below 200 for first time in 15 weeks

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating fewer than 200 Covid-19 patients for the first time since October 26. An additional 1,315 patients were being treated in regular care wards on Thursday afternoon, a net decrease of ten compared to the previous day. The LCPS includes patients in their figures who tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, but who may not …

Covid infection average, backlog, weekly hospital increase all on the rise
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid infection average, backlog, weekly hospital increase all on the rise

NL Times  

A total of 58,666 people were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus between Tuesday and Wednesday morning, the RIVM said. The backlog has persisted for nine straight days, with the RIVM saying they are still “working hard on solutions to catch up and remedy this backlog.” The official infections total pushed the seven-day moving average to 55,255. Still, the hospital situation …

Covid hospital total rises for third straight day, but ICU level falls
2 years, 11 months ago

Covid hospital total rises for third straight day, but ICU level falls

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 1,163 people with Covid-19 on Tuesday, an increase of 22 after accounting for new admissions, discharges, and deaths. That was the third straight day the total increased, the first time that has happened since early December. The hospital total was just two percent lower than seven days earlier, suggesting the six-week decline was potentially …

29,100 new Covid cases since Monday morning; Covid ICU cases fall below 400 to 8-week low
2 years, 11 months ago

29,100 new Covid cases since Monday morning; Covid ICU cases fall below 400 to 8-week low

NL Times  

Another 29,107 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus between Monday and Tuesday morning, capping off a record-breaking week where over 200,000 people tested positive for the infection. During the last calendar week, the GGD health service branches tested an average of 84,223 people per day, an increase of about two-thirds compared to the previous week. Dutch hospitals admitted 167 …

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID infected medics to keep working

India TV News  

Highlights France allowing health care workers who are COVID infected to keep treating patients The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out to hospitals Govts, industries have warned that isolation rules are creating staff shortages France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather …

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working
3 years ago

France allows some COVID-19-infected medics to keep working

Associated Press  

LE PECQ, France — France is allowing health care workers who are infected with the coronavirus but have few or no symptoms to keep treating patients rather than self-isolate, an extraordinary stopgap measure aimed at easing staff shortages at hospitals and other facilities caused by an unprecedented explosion in cases. The special exemption to France’s quarantine rules being rolled out …

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day
3 years ago

France sees record 271,000 coronavirus cases in single day

Associated Press  

PARIS — France reported a record-smashing 271,686 daily virus cases on Tuesday as omicron infections race across the country, burdening hospital staff and threatening to disrupt transport, schools and other services. But with Europe’s highest number of confirmed daily virus cases, after weeks of record-breaking figures, France is in an increasingly challenging position. France’s average daily case load has more …

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases
3 years ago

France reports ‘dizzying’ daily record of 208,000 COVID cases

Al Jazeera  

France breaks another national and European record of daily COVID infections, as Omicron and Delta variants spread. France is seeing a “tsunami” of COVID-19 infections, with 208,000 cases reported during the past 24 hours on Wednesday, a new national and European record, Health Minister Olivier Veran has told lawmakers. “This means that 24 hours a day, day and night, every …

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
3 years ago

COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care

Associated Press  

MARSEILLE, France — From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated. “It’s choosing life.” The ICU’s chief doctor, Dr. Julien Carvelli, is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending to patients on breathing machines, …

Cabinet killed plan for 100 extra ICU spaces
3 years ago

Cabinet killed plan for 100 extra ICU spaces

NL Times  

The Ministry of Public Health scrapped a plan that could have meant around 100 extra intensive care beds available from the start of this month, the Volkskrant reports. The plan, drafted by patient distribution coordinator LCPS and the association of intensive care NVIC, involved concentrating this extra coronavirus care in three hospitals and recruiting ICU nurses from abroad. The detailed …

Covid hospitalizations stabilize after 2 month rise, but 22,700 more infections
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid hospitalizations stabilize after 2 month rise, but 22,700 more infections

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands admitted 2,338 people with Covid-19 during the past seven days, four percent fewer than the previous seven-day period. The figure includes 306 people sent directly to an intensive care unit, seven fewer than the previous week. Hospitals were treating 2,670 patients with the coronavirus disease on Saturday afternoon, down two percent from the previous day. Some …

Ten percent of doctors, nurses now on sick leave
3 years, 1 month ago

Ten percent of doctors, nurses now on sick leave

NL Times  

One in ten hospital employees is currently sick at home. Kuipers also said that the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals would likely rise to above 3,200 in the next two weeks. In the most favorable case, the number of coronavirus patients in nursing wards will rise from over 2,200 now to 2,430 in mid-December. If the current growth continues, …

More than 23,000 coronavirus infections again today; 400 more hospitalized
3 years, 1 month ago

More than 23,000 coronavirus infections again today; 400 more hospitalized

NL Times  

More than 23,000 people were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in a single day for just the third time since the start of the pandemic. When only taking raw data into account, the average stood at 22,043, reflecting a 39 percent increase compared to the previous week. Hospitals in the Netherlands admitted 400 people with Covid-19 between Monday and Tuesday …

Over 16,000 coronavirus infections for 2nd straight day; Hospital total tops 1,750
3 years, 1 month ago

Over 16,000 coronavirus infections for 2nd straight day; Hospital total tops 1,750

NL Times  

The Netherlands continued its harrowing trend of high coronavirus infections with 16,287 more reported by the RIVM on Friday. The data was released less than four hours before a 7 p.m. press conference when Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Health Minister Hugo de Jonge are due to reveal new coronavirus measures. The Cabinet was still debating the eventual move to …

Covid hospitalizations to reach 2,000 by end November
3 years, 2 months ago

Covid hospitalizations to reach 2,000 by end November

NL Times  

The total number of coronavirus patients in hospitals will rise to about 2,000 in the coming weeks. But if the worst-case calculations come true, over 4,000 coronavirus patients will be in hospitals in December, RIVM director Jaap van Dissel told the parliamentarians. That would be the highest number since April last year, during the first wave of the outbreak. You …

Cabinet not ready to intervene in increasing coronavirus infections, sources say
3 years, 2 months ago

Cabinet not ready to intervene in increasing coronavirus infections, sources say

NL Times  

There is currently no sense of panic among members of the Dutch Cabinet because of the rapidly increasing coronavirus figures, sources close to the government said. The Cabinet is focusing more on the number of hospital admissions and intensive care unit admissions than on the infection figures. Researcher Marino van Zelst, among others, want the Cabinet to place more emphasis …

Nearly 6,000 new covid infections; Most new hospitalizations since May 22
3 years, 2 months ago

Nearly 6,000 new covid infections; Most new hospitalizations since May 22

NL Times  

The National Institute for Public Health and the Environment recorded 5,903 newly confirmed infections of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus between Thursday and Friday morning. Hospitals in the Netherlands admitted the highest total of new Covid-19 patients in a single day since May 22. It is the first time since mid-August that more than 500 Covid-19 patients were occupying a bed in …

ICU capacity simply can't be scaled up further, Gommers says
3 years, 2 months ago

ICU capacity simply can't be scaled up further, Gommers says

NL Times  

The Dutch intensive care units simply cannot grant the request of caretaker Health Minister Hugo de Jonge to scale up to more than the current maximum of 1,350 ICU beds in the coming winter. Several media reported that the Ministry of Health recently asked intensive care units to consider whether it is possible to increase capacity again if the flow …

Scaling up ICU capacity not possible, healthcare experts say
3 years, 2 months ago

Scaling up ICU capacity not possible, healthcare experts say

NL Times  

Healthcare experts said increasing the ICU capacity above a maximum of 1,350 beds is impossible, NOS reported. Although the healthcare system scaled up its ICU capacity last year, staff shortages in the healthcare sector will not allow for more than 1,350 ICU beds this year, according to Buurman. If the current coronavirus measures remain unchanged, the RIVM expected between 180 …

Slight rise in Covid-19 ICU total for the first time in eleven days
3 years, 3 months ago

Slight rise in Covid-19 ICU total for the first time in eleven days

NL Times  

The total number of Covid-19 patients in the intensive care units rose for the first time in eleven days on Sunday. In total, there were 450 Covid-19 patients in Dutch hospitals on Sunday, slightly more than the 422 patients on Saturday. In the ICU, there were 131 patients and another 319 people were in the regular hospital wards being treated …

Fewer than 50 Covid-19 patients sent to the ICU this week; ICU total at 10-week low
3 years, 3 months ago

Fewer than 50 Covid-19 patients sent to the ICU this week; ICU total at 10-week low

NL Times  

Fewer than 50 Covid-19 patients in the Netherlands were admitted to an intensive care unit during the past seven days, the lowest for any week-long period since mid-July. An average of just under 7 patients were sent to an ICU each of the past seven days when they were first hospitalized, according to data from patient coordination office LCPS. On …

Two Europes: Low vaccine rates in east overwhelm ICUs
3 years, 3 months ago

Two Europes: Low vaccine rates in east overwhelm ICUs

Associated Press  

BUCHAREST, Romania — In a packed intensive care unit for coronavirus patients in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, 55-year-old Adrian Pica sits on his bed receiving supplementary oxygen to help him breathe. In Norway, where about 70% of the population has been vaccinated, authorities on Saturday scrapped restrictions that Prime Minister Erna Holberg called “the strictest measures in peacetime.” Nordic neighbor Denmark …

Covid is here to stay so more ICU beds are structurally needed , doctors say
3 years, 4 months ago

Covid is here to stay so more ICU beds are structurally needed , doctors say

NL Times  

The coronavirus will not disappear completely and will continue to put extra pressure on the intensive care units in Dutch hospitals. The number of ICU beds therefore needs to be structurally increased, the ICU heads and administrators of six large hospitals - including Diederik Gommers of intensive care association NVIC - said to newspaper Trouw. At the end of August, …

Dutch hospitals facing increasing shortage in ICU nurses
3 years, 4 months ago

Dutch hospitals facing increasing shortage in ICU nurses

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands are still struggling with a shortage in intensive care nurses, with some intensive care units even having less staff available than last year, the Volkskrant reported after surveying 14 hospitals. Less ICU capacity could well be a problem in the coming months, with the highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus spreading through the Netherlands, a …

More intensive care staff easier said than done: Health Minister
3 years, 4 months ago

More intensive care staff easier said than done: Health Minister

NL Times  

Staff shortages in Dutch intensive care units are a well-known problem that is not easy to solve. That said caretaker Healthcare Minister Hugo de Jonge in response to calls from the care sector to make more effective policy. Diederik Gommers, chairman of the Dutch Association for Intensive Care, warned on Wednesday morning that ICU capacity is at the end of …

Sharp rise in Coronavirus cases, ICU total on Wednesday
3 years, 4 months ago

Sharp rise in Coronavirus cases, ICU total on Wednesday

NL Times  

Another 2,824 people were diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, the RIVM said on Wednesday. The latest increase effectively returned the average to nearly the same level it was at a week ago, according to the RIVM’s raw data. That is a point of concern," said RIVM director Jaap van Dissel on Wednesday while updating parliament on the coronavirus situation …

Normally Dutch ICUs only have room for 100 Covid patients
3 years, 4 months ago

Normally Dutch ICUs only have room for 100 Covid patients

NL Times  

If Dutch hospitals go back to pre-pandemic situations, and no longer scale down regular care, there will only be about 100 intensive care beds available for coronavirus patients, Diederik Gommers, ICU doctor and head of intensive care association NVIC, said to NU.nl. These beds must be kept open for patients who need emergency intensive care, for example after a resuscitation …

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge
3 years, 5 months ago

France rolls out Covid app required to enter cinemas and museums as cases surge

The Independent  

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New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain’s hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain’s hospitals

Associated Press  

BARCELONA, Spain — Julio Miranda had never felt the threat of the coronavirus too close. “It’s only when the virus hits you that you take it much more seriously,” Miranda said this week from a hospital room overlooking Barcelona’s beachfront where he recovered after a week in intensive care, conscious but connected to a machine aiding his oxygen intake. Spain’s …

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals
3 years, 5 months ago

New virus surge sends younger patients to Spain's hospitals

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It's only when the virus hits you that you …

Dutch Covid ICU total below 450 for first time since October
3 years, 7 months ago

Dutch Covid ICU total below 450 for first time since October

NL Times  

The hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 447 people with Covid-19 in intensive care units on Tuesday. That was a 32-week low, and the first time since October 20 that the total dipped below 450. The ICU total decreased by about six percent, a net decline of 30 patients, since Monday afternoon. “Even with this positive and declining trend, we …

Covid hospital cases, new infections fall to mid-March levels
3 years, 7 months ago

Covid hospital cases, new infections fall to mid-March levels

NL Times  

The number of people hospitalized for Covid-19 fell on Saturday to its lowest point since March 21. Simultaneously, the average number of new coronavirus infections dropped to a low not seen since March 18. The public health agency, RIVM, announced on Saturday that an additional 4,520 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Since the beginning of the pandemic, people …

Average coronavirus cases at 7,282; Covid-19 ICU total rises
3 years, 8 months ago

Average coronavirus cases at 7,282; Covid-19 ICU total rises

NL Times  

The average number of new daily coronavirus cases rose for the third straight day as public health agency RIVM continued to recover data not included in weekend tallies. The daily figure was six percent lower compared to Tuesday, but 37 percent higher than a week ago, another day which was marred by inaccurate or missing data. Hospital total falls, but …

Covid-19 ICU total holds above 800 for two weeks
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid-19 ICU total holds above 800 for two weeks

NL Times  

The total number of patients in the ICU with Covid-19 remained above 800 for the 14th day in a row. From Thursday to Friday afternoon, Dutch hospitals admitted 48 new Covid-19 patients to the ICU, 311 new patients were admitted to hospital with the coronavirus disease. The RIVM stated on Friday that an additional 7,830 people tested positive for the …

Covid hospital total back above 2,600; Infections rise with recovered data
3 years, 8 months ago

Covid hospital total back above 2,600; Infections rise with recovered data

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 2,611 people with Covid-19 on Wednesday, the fourth straight day that the patient total rose. At the same time some SARS-CoV-2 infections were found in another 8,713 people, the most in six days, after a data outage affected figures released on Monday and Tuesday. The hospital total went up by one percent, or a …

Coronavirus restrictions to loosen up as planned, but ICUs very concerned
3 years, 8 months ago

Coronavirus restrictions to loosen up as planned, but ICUs very concerned

NL Times  

The relaxation of several coronavirus lockdown restrictions later this week will continue as planned, despite the number of Covid-19 patients holding above 800. Additionally, the average number of daily coronavirus infections has gone up since the changes were announced during a press conference last Tuesday. For ten straight days, the Dutch intensive care system has been treating over 800 Covid-19 …

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report
3 years, 8 months ago

Dutch ICU system can’t scale up as planned due to staff shortage: Report

NL Times  

Scaling up the national intensive care capacity to 1,550 beds is unlikely to succeed as several regions said they are unable to meet their targets, NU.nl reported after visiting hospitals in various regions in the country. They also reported that in the regions of Zwolle, Noord and Noord-West emergency room beds intended for calamities such as major traffic accidents are …

French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads
3 years, 9 months ago

French virus surge raises harrowing specter of ICU overloads

Associated Press  

PARIS — When French President Emmanuel Macron holds his coronavirus strategy meeting this week, some of the figures at his disposal from overburdened hospitals will show why doctors are bracing for the possibility of unprecedented misery from rampaging infections. Internal projections by the Paris public hospitals authority, some of which were seen by The Associated Press, suggest that intensive care …

Covid hospital total tops 2,400 for first time in 10+ weeks; ICUs treating 10,000th case
3 years, 9 months ago

Covid hospital total tops 2,400 for first time in 10+ weeks; ICUs treating 10,000th case

NL Times  

Hospitals in the Netherlands were treating 2,410 people for Covid-19, the most since January 15 according to data from patient coordination office LCPS. Staff deployment at every IC has decreased," said Harald Faber, Head of the Intensive Care Unit at Wilhelmina Hospital in Assen. "It has become painfully clear during this pandemic that ICU care is a scarce commodity," said …

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn they may have to refuse patients amid surge of COVID-19 cases

ABC  

Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital's hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save. Key points: French medical professionals are ramping up pressure on the Macron government to impose a full national lockdown Doctors are warning that …

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases
3 years, 9 months ago

Paris doctors warn of catastrophic overload of virus cases

Associated Press  

PARIS — Critical care doctors in Paris say surging coronavirus infections could soon overwhelm their ability to care for the sick in the French capital’s hospitals, possibly forcing them to choose which patients they have the resources to save. Writing in Le Journal du Dimanche, 41 Paris-region hospital doctors said: “We have never known such a situation, even during the …

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases
3 years, 9 months ago

France announces new Paris lockdown measures amid soaring Covid cases

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost exactly one year after …

5,330 new coronavirus infections; Covid ICU total at 33-day high
3 years, 10 months ago

5,330 new coronavirus infections; Covid ICU total at 33-day high

NL Times  

Another 5,330 people in the Netherlands tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection, a jump of about a fourth from a day earlier, public health agency RIVM said on Wednesday. The current total of hospitalized Covid-19 patients fell three percent to 1,913, the LCPS said on Wednesday afternoon. At the same time, the combined number of regular and intensive care …

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris
3 years, 11 months ago

Coronavirus Variant Accounts For Up To 20% Of Cases In Paris

News 18  

PARIS: The highly contagious variant of the coronavirus first detected in Britain now accounts for up to 20% of infections in the wider Paris region, a leading hospital executive said on Tuesday, calling for more restrictive measures to rein in the disease. France’s main COVID-19 indicators have reached two-month highs on average on Monday but the government, who will hold …

New coronavirus infections hits lowest point since Dec. 2
3 years, 11 months ago

New coronavirus infections hits lowest point since Dec. 2

NL Times  

Another 5,499 people in the Netherlands tested positive for an infection of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the lowest single-day total in 40 days. The rolling average has fallen by 12 percent over the past week, and Monday’s tally was 18-percent lower than a week ago, according to preliminary data from public health agency RIVM. Hospitals in the Netherlands admitted a substantial …

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out
4 years ago

California hospital, in midst of COVID-19 crisis, maxes out

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — The crush of patients with coronavirus is so severe in Los Angeles that on Tuesday they exceeded the normal capacity at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital, which serves many Blacks and Latinos in America’s largest county. MLK is emblematic of what is happening at hospitals in Los Angeles, where a surge of coronavirus cases has overwhelmed …

Covid hospital total shows biggest one-day drop since the Spring
4 years ago

Covid hospital total shows biggest one-day drop since the Spring

NL Times  

The total number of admitted coronavirus patients being treated in Dutch hospitals was 2,649 on Friday afternoon, a single-day decrease of 168. Similar to the day after Christmas, patient coordination office LCPS reported a below-average number of coronavirus hospital admissions on New Year’s Day. Between the afternoons of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, the hospitals admitted 239 new …

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