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In the midst of an epidemic of bronchiolitis, the pediatric services, understaffed, are saturated. Hospital staff have published an open letter to Emmanuel Macron to testify to their discomfort.
A mother brings her daughter to the emergency room, victim of a slight illness the same morning. If the nurses receive it, no doctor will be able to examine it at the hospital in Poissy (Yvelines). “We no longer have enough doctors in the emergency room”, slips a nurse to the mother. Only Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines), more than 30 minutes away, could accommodate her daughter. In the midst of an epidemic of bronchiolitis, caregivers are worried about this situation. The organization is done week after week, without a clear horizon.
An open letter, signed by more than 6,000 people, addressed to Emmanuel Macron, denounces the malaise of hospital staff, who are demanding a salary increase in order to attract young graduates to the profession. Virginie Fouquet-Languillat, pediatric surgeon at Bicêtre hospital, regrets “having to sort out the sick and choose the one whose condition seems the most urgent.” The Ministry of Health, meanwhile, evokes a temporary crisis, inviting parents not to overload the services.