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In order to compensate for the lack of doctors in certain municipalities, the Minister of Health wishes to send general medicine interns to medical deserts. But the measure is highly criticized by the medical sector.
In Loire-Atlantique at Joué-sur-Erdre, the inhabitants made a video clip as a call foremergency because in two months, the inhabitants of the rural commune will lose their only general practitioner. Despite the classifieds, there is no successor on the horizon. “It’s a frustration somewhere, but I’m especially sorry for my patients“, reacts the doctor of the village. To combat the phenomenon, government wants to encourage retired doctors to continue their activity without paying new contributions.
Another way to overcome medical deserts: attract doctors in training, interns in their fourth year. But this measure, validated by the National Assembly last week after the use of 49.3 by the government, does not pass. For an intern, other solutions exist such as “education to the population, reduce the administrative burden of doctors“. The interns in medicine promise to harden their mobilization if they are not heard.