in the face of the emergency crisis, the fear of a deadly summer

Guest of 23h de franceinfo, Agnès Ribon-Hibon, head of the Emergency Department of Pontoise, explains that maintaining emergency services is vital for access to care. In his eyes, the priority is to “keep the caregivers we have left, do not discourage them“. She is waiting “a very strong message for the population“, whom she asks to call before going to the emergency room to prevent them from filling up unnecessarily.

The head of department believes that “the solutions, they are already written, the observation, it is already done“. On the question of the attractiveness of the profession, she points out “a matter of consideration. There is a money problem, especially at night and on weekends. It’s a real pain“. She also judges that the hypothesis of a deadly summer exists. “We’ve never been so worried“, she explains, considering that the Covid period has shown that effective solutions exist.