Challenges and issues about organizing a hospital to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak: experience from a French reference centre

Affiliations

• ¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ² Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ³ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infection Control, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁴ Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France; AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁵ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁶ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Emergency Department, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁷ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Medical and Infectious Diseases ICU, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁸ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Radiology, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ⁹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Direction, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ¹⁰ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Virology, F-75018, Paris, France.
• ¹¹ AP-HP, Hôpital Bichat, Infectious Diseases, F-75018, Paris, France; Université de Paris, IAME, INSERM, F-75018, Paris, France. Electronic address: [email protected].