The bronchiolitis epidemic is causing a lot of difficulties in French hospitals. Tuesday, November 1, all metropolitan areas, except Corsica, are on red alert, that is to say in epidemic alert level. Mélodie Aubart, neuropediatrician at the Necker hospital in Paris, alert on franceinfo on a situation which is only getting worse. She collected 7,000 signatures from caregivers in an open letter to Emmanuel Macron.
With the bronchiolitis epidemic, the situation in hospitals “could only get worse, it keeps getting worse every day”judge Mélodie Aubart, with “white plans launched in Rouen, Bordeaux…” The Parisian neuropediatrician will knock on the door of the Élysée on Wednesday November 2, because the previous alerts have not had a response from the government: “We want there to be an acknowledgment from the state of the critical nature of this situation. We want an acknowledgment of the responsibility of the state, not just of this government, but of all past governments. strong, structural, urgent measures are put in place”.
Because the situation is serious, according to Mélodie Aubart. “We have health professionals alerting us to a health crisis that is unfolding before everyone’s eyes”. The government announced Sunday, October 23 financial aid of 150 million euros for several hospital services. “It feels like we’re on the Titanic, and the government is scooping it up with a plastic spoon”regrets the neuropediatrician at the Necker hospital.
She and her group of pediatric caregivers are waiting “the establishment of a ratio number of patients, in this case children, per nurse. There are still services in France, where a nurse takes care of 16 sick children at night. This is unacceptable. We can’t take good care of children.”.
Mélodie Aubart reminds us that we must “obviously raise salaries. We are penultimate on salaries in Europe compared to the average salary”. Not to mention the sanctuary of training time, collective project time. This would allow caregivers to stop “to feel guilty, to worry about their patients”.