The Minister of Territorial Communities visiting Indre this Friday (09/16). Caroline Cayeux (who also preceded Gil Avérous as president of the Villes de France association) responded to the invitation of the association of mayors of Indre, which was holding its general meeting.
During the speeches, the Minister heard the alerts issued by several Indian elected officials, in particular on the problems of access to the fiber and 4G networks throughout the territory and especially on that of the increasingly significant medical desertification. Last testimony to date, the forced closure of the Emergency Department of Issoudun overnight from Thursday to Friday.
Creation of a committee
Despite this acceleration in the shortage of doctors, Caroline Cayeux still does not consider it relevant to resort to coercion to bring doctors to rural areas and continues to advocate incentive solutions that have already been put in place.
“It’s difficult because it means forcing doctors to come to these areas. I think that it is rather necessary to seduce them on the territories because they will find there a quality of life, an environment that the mayors assume. And I believe that rather than forcing them – which won’t work, you can’t force doctors to settle here or there – replacements, also medical missions, attracting young interns, bringing them into doctoral programs in research programs will make it possible to respond to and improve the lack of doctors in certain departments.”
The Minister claims to take the problem seriously and announced the start of joint work with her counterpart Agnès Firmin Le Bodo, Minister Delegate in charge of Territorial Organization and Health Professions, as well as the forthcoming creation of a commission with health actors to find new solutions.
City Heart Act 2
Regarding the revitalization schemes for medium-sized towns, Caroline Cayeux recalled the sustainability of the Cœur de Ville schemes (which benefit Châteauroux and Issoudun in the Indre but also Vierzon in the Cher) and Small towns of tomorrow (16 municipalities concerned in the Indre ) until 2026. The achievements made during the first phase of the Cœur de Ville system will also be evaluated to try to bring out the most effective solutions in the 2nd phase.