Medical deserts: the last maternity hospital in Nièvre is shut down

Since Monday April 11, it is “impossible for future mothers to give birth in Nièvre, and impossible for those who have given birth [l]he last days of staying in Nevers“, reports the journalist Rémy Chidainelive from Nevers (Nievre)Tuesday, April 12. The maternity hospital Pierre Beregovoy de Nevers is indeed at a standstill. “All patients are referred or moved to services in neighboring departments“, continues the journalist.

Patients are redirected to cities like Dijon (Golden Coast)Bourges (Expensive) or Auxerre (Yonne)more than an hour away. “In a press release, the hospital center explains that the situation is due to an unusual number of sick leaves by midwives”, adds the journalist, who specifies that “the movement of patients is an exceptional device to guarantee their safety”.

“This crisis is indicative of a deeper malaise: shortage of midwives, recruitment problems, and, ultimately, resignations, deterioration of working conditions, burnout“, concludes remy Chidaine.