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#MeToo in hospitals: the Minister of Health initiates a series of consultations with representatives of doctors
As the accusations continue to pour in, the Minister of Health, Frédéric Valletoux, went on Friday May 3 to the Béziers hospital, presented as a model in the fight against sexism. Consultations with representatives and doctors and interns have also started.
(franceinfo)
As the accusations continue to pour in, the Minister of Health, Frédéric Valletoux, went on Friday May 3 to the Béziers hospital, presented as a model in the fight against sexism. Consultations with representatives and doctors and interns have also started.
Assaults, harassment, control, sexism… Testimonies are multiplying in the hospital environment, denouncing a system favoring sexist and sexual violence. Caregivers are speaking out more freely, particularly since the testimony of the head of the infectious diseases hospital department at Saint-Antoine hospital (Paris), Karine Lacombe, on April 10. She accuses emergency media worker Patrick Pelloux of sexual and moral harassment, and describes him as “prattler” And “overflowing with confidence thanks to his position of responsibility”.
A patriarchal culture
The latter contested. For many years at the hospital, management and supervisory positions were reserved for men. This imbalance would have favored the establishment of a patriarchal culture, integrated into mentalities, according to the vice-president of the Young Doctors union, Anna Boctor, who points out in particular “between oneself”. “We no longer know how to place the cursor on acceptable or unacceptable”, she added on the franceinfo set. The Minister of Health launched a series of consultations with representatives of doctors and interns.
