An emergency doctor arrives at the government. The new government of Elisabeth Borne was unveiled on Monday, July 4, by a press release from the Elysée, and François Braun, president of the association “Samu-Urgence de France”, was appointed Minister of Health to replace Brigitte Bourguignon, candidate beaten in the last legislative elections.
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Alexandre Creux-Maluga is a medical regulation assistant, he responds to 15, the Samu in the Rhône. The civil society profile of the new minister would rather give him confidence: “The advantage is that a few days ago, he still had, as we say vulgarly, his hands in the business. He is still an emergency doctor who also regulates.”
The first measures from the “Flash mission” led by François Braun are suitable for the caregiver. Emmanuel Macron had thus entrusted François Braun with this mission “to solve the problems at the hospital, at least for the summer, resulting in 41 proposals including a better distribution of work between city medicine, Samu and emergencies as well as an upgrading of the night work.
“It’s a very good project.says Alexander. It’s necessary that the function of medical regulation assistant be recognized and that we realize that we are understaffed and that the diploma was not adapted. On the other hand, the lack of staff remains a problem, especially since the message went to call 15, rather than to clog the emergencies this summer. “Currently in Lyon, when you dial 15, you can wait up to two to three minutes”laments the medical regulation assistant.
The lack of staff is glaring in all departments, abounds Chaïbia Janssen, nurse at the Edouard-Herriot hospital. She is skeptical after the first announcements: “The doubling of the increase in hours, either… But you know, what do they want to double? From 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., it’s 1.07 euros gross per hourprotests the nurse. Besides that, there are 1,200 beds that will close at the Hospices Civils de Lyon by September.There must not be a heat wave, there must not be yet another Covid wave”, she warns. One claim is cross-cutting among caregivers: the increase in their salaries must be significant.