Prime Minister Jean Castex was visiting Le Mans this Saturday, December 18 with the Minister responsible for Citizenship, Marlène Schiappa. A trip the day after the announcements from the last health defense council, to new departmental vaccination center at Parc Manceau as well as at the hospital center.
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At the vaccination center, Jean Castex repeatedly questioned the agents to find out if there was an increase of patients coming for a first injection. “The demand is moderate, but existing so we still see that people decide on their first dose.“, to which the Prime Minister added:”the decisions that we announced yesterday will soon have to decide them a little more“, referring to the transformation of the health pass into a vaccination pass.
Childhood vaccination
Another topical subject for the head of government: the vaccination of under 11s. He visited the section dedicated to the vaccination of children with comorbidities. “We are awaiting the latest scientific advice, and in particular the return of the American experiments, from which decisions can be taken for the vaccination of other children.“, clarified Jean Castex, before insisting:”and on a voluntary basis. ”
Before leaving, one of the patients took the opportunity to challenge the Prime Minister and question him on the reasons for vaccinating children. “Because they are more contaminants, as you always have people who can develop serious forms, the more contamination is avoided, the better“, replied Jean Castex. An explanation which did not convince the twenty opponents of the health pass gathered for its coming with the slogan: “do not touch the children.”
Exhausted caregivers
The procession then went to the Le Mans hospital center. In the intensive care unit, 8 out of 20 beds are occupied by Covid patients, six of which are not vaccinated. “We wonder how we’re going to end the year, it’s complicated for us“, says a nursing assistant.”Our days are going away, we have to come back and help the teams. I didn’t think I would end my career like this. “
Faced with this demand for human resources, Jean Castex recalled that they were paying “the years of delay“and that the end of the numerus clausus had been recorded.”Trainee training takes time, you have to have staff who have time to train, to learn, to teach“, answers a nurse. The head of the service, Christophe Guitton takes the opportunity to add:”The average duration of a nurse when I started the profession was about ten years, now it’s four to five years, no more. “
“Those we recruit will not be used to expand the team, but to replace those who have left, this is the major challenge: to retain our staff“, he continues. A recent report from the general social affairs inspectorate, points in particular “strong tensions on human resources“in intensive care units. Jean Castex concluded with a call”to draw the consequences of this report from its recommendations.“