the emergency room of Bordeaux hospital no longer takes patients after 5 p.m.

In Bordeaux (Gironde), the largest hospital in New Aquitaine no longer receives emergency patients after 5 p.m. These are welcomed by civil protection. “Since we don’t have additional staff, we use their skills“says Philippe Revel, head of the emergency department at Pellegrin Hospital.

The rescuers take the constants but do not make a diagnosis. Filtering that is understood by patients. “We can be guided on what suits us the most, instead of arriving in a service and overflowing a service“, notes Hugo Luxey, a patient. In the evening and at night, the hospital asks the public to call 15. The platform normally handles 1,500 calls a day. Near the hospital, the SOS doctors center receives 10% more patients every night.”We will adapt to do the best. But obviously, city medicine is also not in great shape.“, notes Karl Moliexe, SOS Doctors.