An emergency medical crew from the SAMU 59 unit carry a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on a stretcher during a transfer operation from Lille Huriez hospital to Salengro intensive care unit in Lille, France April 8, 2021. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
PARIS (Reuters) - In March, emergency room doctor Frederic Adnet needed to move COVID-19 patients from his fast-filling Paris hospital to less hard-hit regions of France to free up beds, but unlike during the first wave last year the transfers weren't happening.
It was a scene playing out across the French capital and other virus hotspots, mainly because families were now refusing to give consent, interviews with Adnet and half a dozen other emergency room and ICU doctors reveal.
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