2024-08-02 12:00:16
“It’s happening right now”, whispered the nurse, after giving the policewoman a big smile. Behind the wheel of his black Smart, Imane Chehaibou holds his breath every time he approaches a police checkpoint. The 25-year-old woman, who works at home in the areas close to the Olympic installations of Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), has found her daily professional life significantly complicated by the Olympic Games and them. rules of conduct. Since the opening ceremony on July 26, travel within its intervention area – which is made up of close to 93 regions – has become a real headache.
This Wednesday morning, July 31, he began his rounds of patients early, at Stains, with an elderly lady being treated after having an inner tube inserted. The day promised to be quiet, while the streets were empty. On the window of a small car, a caduceus, a badge showing his work, and, mounted on the gunwale, a bag containing a professional card and a QR code obtained from the police station. Keys are not necessary but not always enough to pass the police roadblocks that are located at all intersections within a local area of a few square kilometers. Here, we are a stone’s throw from the Stade de France, the water center and the Olympic village located in a protected area (SILT area).
The second decision, in Saint-Denis, concerns a ten-month-old child who must have a central catheter removed, installed after a major bowel operation. The journey is pleasant and the caretaker can concentrate on his visit. You have to dress in casual clothes, attach the baby to the changing table, help the mother to change the dress. Beneath her brown veil held tightly by a pin, and surgical mask, the familiar face of Imane Chehaibou made the child smile. The actions are convincing: the young woman has been working for two and a half years for a practice that specializes in post-surgical care.
“These are the orders”
The next little patient is in the heart of the safe area of Carrefour Pleyel. Five controls on a journey that takes about ten minutes to get there. “It’s haphazard depending on the time and the police on duty. Some let me pass without a certificate, others asked me for a document showing the medical appointment. It’s a bit of a push! The only thing I can show them is my GPS, so they can see that the address I’m going to is in the red zone! », explains Imane Chehaibou. The carer said he had to make a 40-minute walk on Tuesday July 30 after an employee refused to let him live in the area: “No matter how I explained that I have a small patient who is waiting for me to eat for a few months, I was told “Those are the orders”. »
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