COVID Christmas in French ICU: Fear, fatigue and loving care
ABC News
The staff is tired, the omicron variant is bearing down and the intensive care unit beds are filling fast at a hospital in the French city of Marseille
MARSEILLE, France -- From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays, COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated.
“The vaccine, it’s not a danger," the 52-year-old said as he lay in a Marseille hospital. “It’s choosing life.”
The ICU's chief doctor, Dr. Julien Carvelli, is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending to patients on breathing machines, periodically flipping them back to front, front to back.
The staff is tired, the omicron variant is bearing down, and the unit's beds are filling fast. “We’re afraid we won’t have enough space,” Carvelli said.
