Aid of 150 million euros is allocated to services under pressure, including a share for pediatric intensive care.
150 million euros for “services under strain” the sustainability of measures taken this summer, and a call not to overstretch emergencies: the “immediate action plan” promised Sunday on BFMTV by the Minister of Health, François Braun, to help pediatric intensive care units, is far from convincing. “It is completely inappropriate and unsuitable. It is an affront to receive this type of response!”strangles the Dr Julie Starck.
Specialist in neonatal and pediatric resuscitation at the Armand-Trousseau hospital (Paris), she signed on Saturday, in The Parisianwith 4,000 other caregivers, an open letter to Emmanuel Macron denouncing the endangerment “daily” of children in overcrowded services. In question, an epidemic of bronchiolitis starting earlier than usual and very weakened hospital services, which are struggling to recruit and keep staff, especially paramedical staff, especially in the Paris region.
The situation is not new: in 2019, a flash mission…