It is a call to the government and to the French people. The members of the citizens’ convention on the end of life, who are submitting their final report on Sunday April 2, wanted to accompany it with a ” manifest ” which we provide here in full. It was to be read on Sunday morning, in the hemicycle of the Palais d’Iena, headquarters of the Social, Economic and Environmental Council (Cese) which organizes the convention.
Six members of the convention were chosen by their peers to write this text: “Our role is to be the spokespersons of the collective”, points out Blaise T., one of the authors. They also drew on more personal texts written by other members of the Convention, some of which were published as an appendix to the report. At the end of their work which will have lasted twenty-seven days, these citizens, who will be received at the Elysee Palace by Emmanuel Macron on Monday, deliver in this address two messages which go beyond the subject of the end of life, stricto sensu.
First, they challenge the government about the ” health system [qui] is in an alarming situation due to a lack of human and financial resources. » « We are relaying the concerns and experiences of healthcare teams and many of our fellow citizens,” they write.
Secondly, echoing the social protest linked to the pension reform, they affirm that“it is time for the voice of citizens to be fully heard and taken into account”.
Here is their full manifesto:
“We are 184 citizens drawn by lot, rich in a diversity of origins, experiences and opinions. Our findings and our proposals are the result of a collective and democratic exercise. For 27 days, we met our eyes and confronted our points of view on end-of-life support. To understand the issues, we also heard and questioned nearly sixty experts and personalities.
We are relaying the concerns and experiences of healthcare teams and many of our fellow citizens: our healthcare system is in an alarming situation due to a lack of human and financial resources. In particular, we deplore the lack of caregivers, the medical deserts, the overcrowding of emergency services and the inequalities of access to palliative care on the territory. We have also taken stock of the complexity of certain end-of-life situations and the suffering they can cause. In this context, we challenge the government. It is more necessary than ever to strengthen our healthcare system in order to support all patients, and more specifically those at the end of life.
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