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Alerts are issued by health professionals who fear an imminent risk of a breakdown in care due to the lack of staff in hospitals. Emergencies are currently experiencing multiple partial or total closures throughout France.
Total or partial hospital closures continue, Thursday, May 26, as in the Bordeaux University Hospitals (Gironde)Poitiers (Vienna) or Toulouse (Upper Garonne) and in nearby hospitals. The association of small towns in France is alarmed, for Sarlat (Dordogne), Jonzac (Charente Maritime), Guigamp (Cotes-d’Armor)and in Chinon (Indre et Loire) emergencies are closed until further notice. “According to Samu-Urgences de France, there are 120 hospitals which will have to limit their activity by the summer. It is still one in five establishments. And in taking leave are added resignations, work stoppages, difficulties in recruiting. In short, there are many caregivers who are missing.l”, according to journalist Jihane gasoline.
“This disaffection comes at the wrong time because we have an exhausted health system that is faced with a queue of patients who have seen their care delayed with the health crisis.“, explains the journalist. The profession denounces an imminent risk of rupture of care. This is the challenge that awaits the new Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, who promises new measures by the summer.
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