a midwife and a nurse offer mobile consultations

Twice a week, they travel the roads of Charente-Maritime in their motorhome, fitted out as a doctor’s surgery. AT on board, Valérie Pigeau, midwife, and Emily Aimard, nurse. Thanks to this vehicle, the pair can get closer to the patients. “A certain number of women are no longer followed at the gynecological level, due to a lack of means, of professionals”notes Valérie Pigeau, midwife at the La Rochelle hospital (Charente-Maritime), who launched the “Health in motion” system.

1,000 people in seven months

That morning, direction Marans, a rural town of 4,500 inhabitants. Three general practitioners are installed, but very few specialists. On this market day, the two health professionals are settling in the Place des Halles, the ideal place to meet the inhabitants. For a 68-year-old retiree, for whom each trip is a feat, this initiative is essential. The project, funded by the ARS, or the city of La Rochelle, hopes to continue. In seven months, nearly 1,000 people have already benefited from the scheme.