1. Figure of the day : a billion
In euros, it is the amount that the State will add to help the general and psychiatric hospitals, who are faced with additional expenses (equipment units Covid-19, capacity of the nursing staff, etc) and income are much lower (due to the postponement of non-emergency care). Their finances are in a pitiful state. The federal government had granted one billion euros in advances this past April. The federal minister of Health, Maggie De Block (Open VLD), has confirmed an additional advance of € 500 million. A tranche of 500 million euros will follow in October. It is necessary to restore the hospitals, sick people of their cash.
