It will soon be two months since the caregivers of the emergency department of the Orleans hospital have massively gone on sick leave for “professional exhaustion”. And if most of them have returned to their posts, the situation is far from being resolved, despite everything. Service is still slow the white plan decreed on March 29 by the CHRO to limit the number of patients treated, has still not been lifted.
Caregivers still on edge and worried
This Saturday, May 21, the Orleans hospital again reminds on its Facebook page that only vital emergencies are taken care of at reception. Clear, no chance of being admitted for small bobologie, the instruction remains to favor the 15th, to go to other establishments, or to a general practitioner. Caregivers stay “on the wire” says a trade unionist. “At the slightest spark, they can crack and leave”. A caregiver, on condition of anonymity, says he is “on edge”. And warns that he and others are thinking of leaving their post, permanently.
On their side, emergency doctors continue their strike started a few days after this wave of massive departures. They do it while being requisitioned. Neither they nor the paramedics want to relive the situation before, with 180 patients on average each day.
A protocol signed but the shortage of caregivers continues
A protocol has been signed between the management of the CHR d’Orléans and the various department heads, to relieve emergencies and better manage patient flows. But the problem remains the same: we lack nurses and therefore beds, on all floors, in all departments of the Orleans hospital.
The difference is that today the case of Orléans is no longer unique. The Emergencies of Bordeaux, Grenoble, Arles or Chinon are experiencing the same crisis. “We need a global response” believe the unions, and for them, this must be the priority of the new health ministerBrigitte Bourguignon, who succeeded Olivier Véran in the government of Elisabeth Borne.