Bitter experience helps French ICUs crest latest virus wave
JOHN LEICESTER, Associated Press
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1of17A nurse tends to a patient affected by the COVID-19 virus in the ICU unit at the Charles Nicolle public hospital, Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Rouen, France. A renewed crush of COVID-19 cases is again forcing intensive care units across France to grapple with the macabre mathematics of how to make space for thousands of critically ill patientsChristophe Ena/APShow MoreShow Less
2of17Medical staff tend to a patient affected by COVID-19 virus in the ICU unit at the Charles Nicolle public hospital, Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Rouen, France. A renewed crush of COVID-19 cases is again forcing intensive care units across France to grapple with the macabre mathematics of how to make space for thousands of critically ill patientsChristophe Ena/APShow MoreShow Less
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A member of the medical staff tends to a patient affected by the COVID-19 virus in the ICU unit at the Charles Nicolle public hospital, Thursday, April 15, 2021 in Rouen, France. A renewed crush of COVID-19 cases is again forcing intensive care units across France to grapple with the macabre mathematics of how to make space for thousands of critically ill patients (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) April 19, 2021 - 3:20 AM
ROUEN, France - Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt âcompletely burned from the inside, burned like the cathedral in Paris,â as tired doctors and nurses laboured day and night to keep gravely ill COVID-19 patients like him alive.
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Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt “completely burned from the inside, burned like the cathedral in Paris,” as tired doctors and nurses labored day and night to keep gravely ill COVID-19 patients like him alive.
A married couple in the same ICU died within hours of each other as Aricique, feeling as fragile as “a soap bubble ready to pop,” also wrestled the coronavirus. The 67-year-old retired building contractor credits a divine hand for his survival. “I saw archangels, I saw little cherubs,” he said. “It was like communicating with the afterlife.”
ROUEN, FRANCE Slowly suffocating in a French intensive care ward, Patrick Aricique feared he would die from his diseased lungs that felt completely burned from the inside, burned like the cathedral in Paris, as tired doctors and nurses laboured day and night to keep gravely ill COVID-19 patients like him alive. A married couple in the same ICU died within hours of each other as Aricique, feeling as fragile as a soap bubble ready to pop, also wrestled the coronavirus. The 67-year-old retired building contractor credits a divine hand for his survival. I saw archangels, I saw little cherubs, he said. It was like communicating with the afterlife.
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