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Emergency crisis: waiting times are getting longer
In the Brest emergency room, the waiting time for patients to be treated is 23 hours, according to the unions. Across France, emergency rooms are saturated.
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In the Brest emergency room, the waiting time for patients to be treated is 23 hours, according to the unions. Across France, emergency rooms are saturated.
In mid-July, Benoît Corre took his father to the emergency room for a stroke. The 67-year-old was seen by a nurse, given a CT scan and then waited 18 hours on a stretcher. “There aren’t enough of them”he laments. This case is not isolated. In the emergency room of Brest (Finistère), the unions have erected a “wall of shame”. He lists a hundred patients over 75 years old left on stretchers for hours.
Before being taken care of, patients would wait an average of 23 hours according to the unions, 8 hours and 20 minutes according to management. Across France, emergency rooms are saturated. Some must close partially, like the one in Carpentras (Vaucluse), which closes from 1:30 p.m. every day for three months. In the afternoon, only vital emergencies are treated, after regulation. Patients must call 15 to be admitted to the emergency room if necessary.
