PARIS, April 28 — France’s public hospitals today put the cost burden of treating coronavirus cases in the hundreds of millions as the government announced it was earmarking more cash for protective equipment. The French Hospitals Federation (FHF) put the cost of treating tens of thousands of...
A patient suffering from Covid-19 is treated at the intensive care unit at the Institut Mutualiste Montsouris hospital in Paris, France April 6, 2020. — Reuters pic
Though the effect on hospitals in different regions has not been uniform the virus has engendered “very high levels of expenditure,” said FHF financial officer Cecile Chevance. Chevance said it was vital due attention be paid to the state of hospital finances “in the short, medium and long term” with hospitals not “penalised” for the extra strain the virus has imposed upon them.
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