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An intubated patient suffering from COVID-19 communicates with nurses by pointing to an alphabet in the ICU at the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. COVID patients occupy 88% of the Marseille region's intensive care beds, and virus pressure on French hospitals is steadily rising in recent weeks despite curfews and other restrictions. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

ICU faces constant pressure as France waffles over lockdown

By DANIEL COLE - Associated Press

A hospital worker takes a break on an outdoor walkway as the day shift comes to an end and night falls upon the La Timone hospital in Marseille, southern France, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. France is more than two weeks into its second coronavirus lockdown, and intensive care wards have been over 95% capacity for more than 10 days now. Associated Press journalists spent 24 hours with the intensive care team at La Timone, southern France's largest hospital, as they struggled to keep even one bed open for the influx of patients to come. (AP Photo/Daniel Cole)

A lifetime of pain in 24 hours: A French ICU in the pandemic

By LORI HINNANT - Associated Press