Shortage of beds at the Robert Ballanger d'Aulnay sous Bois hospital

Shortage of beds at the Robert Ballanger d'Aulnay sous Bois hospital

As every summer, many hospital beds are closed in France. This year, the heat wave is creating an overactivity in the emergency services. They are struggling to find beds in the appropriate services for all patients. Example at the Robert Ballanger Hospital in Aulnay-sous-Bois. Doctor Ahmed HAMOUI, from the emergency department, explains by showing some files: "These are the people who will stay, for a while, outside a conventional service, to be more clear, they will stay on a stretcher in the corridor". These are in his words "virtual" beds. Further on, he says: "The fact that we do not have beds behind, sometimes we are led to make a decision that may not be the same as if there were beds".

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Publication date : 26 July 2006