For a few days, in full mobilization against the pension reform, there have been power cuts in the territory. In Cahors, in the Lot, a dialysis center was affected on Tuesday afternoon, causing the emergency interruption of certain treatments.
as reported Midi officeto date no one has claimed responsibility for this operation to sabotage the city’s electrical network.
“The alarms went off”
Dialysis is used in particular for patients suffering from kidney failure. It acts as a replacement therapy for kidney function by removing excess water or waste accumulated in the blood.
This Tuesday, two patients are thus treated at the Cahors dialysis center, for a four-hour treatment. “Suddenly we find ourselves in the dark. It was 12:45 p.m., he had just installed the first patients. The medical equipment and our dialysis generators started beeping. The alarms went off ”, he tells midi office Sylvain Vigeon, a nurse at the center.
transfer of patients
If establishments of this type are prepared for such scenarios, it was necessary to organize urgently. An off-duty nurse is called back. Also despite the cuts in the telephone network, they organized the transfer of five patients to a center located 30 km from Cahors.
“Dialysis in these chronic patients is vital, if you don’t get dialysis you’ll die”, laments the nurse. At the moment, the Association for the Help of Kidney Failure has not filed a complaint, but it does not rule out doing so, reports midi office.
Other examples of power outages at health facilities have been reported recently. Near Boulogne-sur-Mer, an Ehpad and a dialysis center were found in the dark on Tuesday. In Charleville-Mézières, an MRI at a radiology center was damaged during a power outage and remains unusable for the time being.
Source: BFM TV
