2023-07-09 19:53:23
A nurse helps a patient walk in the emergency department of the Laval hospital center on July 6. Francois Lepage/Hans Lucas for Le Figaro.
INVESTIGATION – As the holidays begin, partial service closures are increasing. The measures inaugurated last summer and renewed are no longer enough.
Sarlat, Oyonnax, Laval, Bagnols, Mabeuge or Carhaix… The anthem is now known: everywhere in France at the start of summer, emergencies are struggling to complete their schedules and are forced to adjust their reception conditions.“I never knew thattestifies Dr Marc Noizet, president of Samu Urgences de France and head of emergencies for the hospital group in the region of Mulhouse and South-Alsace (GHRMSA) and Samu du Haut-Rhin. Last year, the “flash measures” helped a little, but since then the situation has clearly deteriorated and every year it is worse than the year before.”
“We hear that the emergencies are closed, but it is the entrance that is regulated”, nuance the Ministry of Health. Hear: access is conditional on a call to “15” or to the care access service (SAS, which involves liberal doctors), responsible for directing patients and finding them an appointment if they have need a quick consultation in town, but not a visit to the emergency room. Part no…
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