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Paris hospitals transferring children to lessen strain of bronchiolitis, staff shortages
Issued on: 02/11/2022 - 08:09
Hospitals in and around Paris have started transferring children to paediatric intensive care units in other hospitals to alleviate overcrowding due to an epidemic of bronchiolitis that is putting strain on already short-staffed paediatric services. The health minister said he will meet with healthcare workers on Wednesday to address what has been called a crisis in France's paediatric healthcare sector.
Some 30 children have been transferred to hospitals outside of the Paris region, as emergency services in the capital are overwhelmed by a convergence of a large number of bronchiolitis cases needing hospitalisation, and a staffing shortage in paediatric services.
Doctors are used to treating bronchiolitis, a common, contagious chest infection that mostly affects babies. But this year, the infection has reached epidemic proportions, with over a quarter of children under the age of two needing to be hospitalised for two to four days due to trouble breathing.
The Paris regional health agency declared a bronchiolitis epidemic on 3 October, and since then it says there has been a “stark increase of visits to children’s emergency services over the last three weeks”.
The French public health authority said last week that nearly the entire country is seeing epidemic levels of the illness.
The bronchiolitis epidemic coincides with staffing shortages in the health sector, and the Paris area regional health agency said there are fewer paediatric emergency beds open than there were in 2021.
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/2022110...taff-shortages
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Crisis in pediatrics and bronchiolitis: "31 children transported outside Ile-de-France", the epidemic is accelerating
Ile-de-France
Of France Blue Paris , France Blue
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 5:19 PM
By The writing of France Bleu Paris
The bronchiolitis epidemic is accelerating further in Ile-de-France. 31 sick children have been transferred to hospitals elsewhere in France, announced Tuesday the Minister of Health visiting the Necker hospital in Paris. The whole country is concerned but the Paris region is the most affected.
The All Saints holidays, without school and therefore with less mixing, have so far given no respite to caregivers in medical offices and pediatric services in the Ile-de-France region. “31 children” with bronchiolitis “ have been transported out of Ile-de-France” , due to the saturation of pediatric resuscitation services in hospitals in the region, announced this Tuesday the Minister of Health François Braun, during a visit to the Necker hospital in Paris.
François Braun notes in Ile-de-France "the most important peak in terms of epidemic of bronchiolitis". The Ile-de-France region has indeed been in the endemic phase since October 3 now, according to the Regional Health Agency, which announced 28 transfers of young patients on Monday evening .
The Minister of Health claims to have asked the ARS as well as the AP-HP that the "families of the transferred children be taken care of" , particularly in terms of housing, on the same model as what had been done during patient transfers in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Pediatrics crisis: "it will be difficult in the coming weeks", recognizes the ARS of Ile-de-France
During his visit to the Necker hospital, the minister met "physically and morally tired teams" . He assures that the government "will provide substantial aid" for these teams. Proof of this is this meeting scheduled for Wednesday between the Minister of Health and "all pediatric professionals to work on the overhaul not only of the hospital as a whole, but also of the child health sector. " .
François Braun specifies that he will bring together "the learned societies, the personalities of pediatrics who work on this subject and all those who contributed to the report of the Igas" (General Inspectorate of Social Affairs) recognized by several pediatric societies and associations. families of sick children.
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/sant...ose-1667319547
Issued on: 02/11/2022 - 08:09
Hospitals in and around Paris have started transferring children to paediatric intensive care units in other hospitals to alleviate overcrowding due to an epidemic of bronchiolitis that is putting strain on already short-staffed paediatric services. The health minister said he will meet with healthcare workers on Wednesday to address what has been called a crisis in France's paediatric healthcare sector.
Some 30 children have been transferred to hospitals outside of the Paris region, as emergency services in the capital are overwhelmed by a convergence of a large number of bronchiolitis cases needing hospitalisation, and a staffing shortage in paediatric services.
Doctors are used to treating bronchiolitis, a common, contagious chest infection that mostly affects babies. But this year, the infection has reached epidemic proportions, with over a quarter of children under the age of two needing to be hospitalised for two to four days due to trouble breathing.
The Paris regional health agency declared a bronchiolitis epidemic on 3 October, and since then it says there has been a “stark increase of visits to children’s emergency services over the last three weeks”.
The French public health authority said last week that nearly the entire country is seeing epidemic levels of the illness.
The bronchiolitis epidemic coincides with staffing shortages in the health sector, and the Paris area regional health agency said there are fewer paediatric emergency beds open than there were in 2021.
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https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/2022110...taff-shortages
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Translation Google
Crisis in pediatrics and bronchiolitis: "31 children transported outside Ile-de-France", the epidemic is accelerating
Ile-de-France
Of France Blue Paris , France Blue
Tuesday, November 1, 2022 at 5:19 PM
By The writing of France Bleu Paris
The bronchiolitis epidemic is accelerating further in Ile-de-France. 31 sick children have been transferred to hospitals elsewhere in France, announced Tuesday the Minister of Health visiting the Necker hospital in Paris. The whole country is concerned but the Paris region is the most affected.
The All Saints holidays, without school and therefore with less mixing, have so far given no respite to caregivers in medical offices and pediatric services in the Ile-de-France region. “31 children” with bronchiolitis “ have been transported out of Ile-de-France” , due to the saturation of pediatric resuscitation services in hospitals in the region, announced this Tuesday the Minister of Health François Braun, during a visit to the Necker hospital in Paris.
François Braun notes in Ile-de-France "the most important peak in terms of epidemic of bronchiolitis". The Ile-de-France region has indeed been in the endemic phase since October 3 now, according to the Regional Health Agency, which announced 28 transfers of young patients on Monday evening .
The Minister of Health claims to have asked the ARS as well as the AP-HP that the "families of the transferred children be taken care of" , particularly in terms of housing, on the same model as what had been done during patient transfers in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic.
Pediatrics crisis: "it will be difficult in the coming weeks", recognizes the ARS of Ile-de-France
During his visit to the Necker hospital, the minister met "physically and morally tired teams" . He assures that the government "will provide substantial aid" for these teams. Proof of this is this meeting scheduled for Wednesday between the Minister of Health and "all pediatric professionals to work on the overhaul not only of the hospital as a whole, but also of the child health sector. " .
François Braun specifies that he will bring together "the learned societies, the personalities of pediatrics who work on this subject and all those who contributed to the report of the Igas" (General Inspectorate of Social Affairs) recognized by several pediatric societies and associations. families of sick children.
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https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/sant...ose-1667319547
