A first part had already been working since 2017, since Wednesday, officially, the Ardentes health center is complete. Its extension was inaugurated this Wednesday, September 28 in the presence of elected officials from the municipality, the department, the region and the Prefect. A grand inauguration, and for good reason, it is one of the most ambitious projects of recent years, in a department strongly affected by medical deserts. From now on, a dozen medical or paramedical professionals occupy the premisesand others will arrive soon in this municipality of just under 4,000 inhabitants.
The nursing home: a virtuous circle?
Being able to pool resources is one thing that facilitates installation – Sylvain Diaz (psychologist)
This is the case of Sylvain Diaz, who will soon start his activity as a psychologist. Until now he was installed in the suburbs of Paris. He came to settle in Indre with his partner. The nursing home model was an additional motivation. _“_We need counter-expertise, to also be able to guide patients. And it’s true that being able to pool resources is something that also facilitates installation. for my part” details the psychologist.
– Delphine Marion Boulle
Other health professionals have already been established for several years, in the first part of the nursing home, this is the case of Marius and Diana Popa, who came from Romania. He is a physiotherapist, his wife a general practitioner. “For me, I think it’s better to have other health professionals with whom we collaborate well” he explains. According to him, his wife also needs “specialists, on the side, to have faster diagnoses”.
It was essential to bring together health professionals and attract new ones – Gilles Caranton
Bringing in specialists is one of the objectives with this expansion because this nursing home represents a bet: triggering a virtuous circleexplains Mayor Gilles Caranton: “It was essential to allow us to bring together health professionals on the same site and to attract new ones. The objective is still to extend the offer of care, in particular with a second general practitioner. seems significant.” confides the aedile.
The nursing home, built in two stages, cost a total of €1,150,000, of which €300,000 financed with state aid. The Prefect also underlined “an ambitious project” and “at the heart of citizens’ expectations, health being the most awaited public service in rural areas”.
A dozen professionals gathered on the same site
- General practitioner
- Midwife
- Nurse
- Osteopath
- Chiropractor
- Dentist
- hypnotherapist
- Physiotherapist
- dietician
- Psychologist.
The Berry is sorely lacking in doctors
This is all the more the case with us in Berry as the expression “medical desert” takes on its full meaning. There are only 123 GPs in Indre according to the prefect. In a study published this Friday, September 29 by the Association of Rural Mayors of France (AMRF), reveals thathe lacks 94 general practitioners in the Cher and 57 in the Indre.
On the specialist side, it’s not much better: the Berry is a very bad student. It lacks 18 cardiologists, 17 ophthalmologists, 17 pediatricians, and 13 pediatricians.