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In Orléans, for the past month, emergencies only accept vital emergencies. In question, working conditions which are deteriorating, pushing caregivers and nurses to sick leave and doctors to strike.
Health personnel denounce the “terrible conditions” reception in the emergencies of the Orleans hospital, which result from poor working conditions.
“It’s horrible because someone needs us, but we don’t have time”says a nurse. “There is a tension that is palpable and we see people who are not well, and we don’t have time”.
The hospital has always experienced an influx of patients that is too large in relation to the reception capacities, Matthieu Lacroix, spokesperson for the emergency doctors at the Orleans hospital, explains: “In our department, Loiret, we are one of the worst medical deserts in France.”.
As a result, the exhaustion of health personnel who decided to go on strike. Among the demands of the staff, the daily guarantee of around forty beds for the new patients who arrive.