two retired doctors open a vaccination center closer to the population

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France 3 Alpes, C. Aubert-Egret, N. Rapuc, A. Kebabti – France 3

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Sometimes it is difficult to find an appointment to be vaccinated against Covid-19, when you are in an isolated rural area. In a village between Grenoble and Gap, two retired doctors helped open a center.

Even on Saturdays, patients flock to the small vaccination center in Mens (Isère). Opened on December 13, its success is growing. Previously, you had to wait two months to get an appointment in the Trièves. Pharmacies and liberal doctors could not meet the demand. “There were a lot of elderly people for whom it was difficult to go down to Grenoble, there is a whole organization to put in place. There at least, it facilitates “, explains Sabine Campredon, mayor (SE) from Persy, a neighboring town.

The vaccination center in rural areas was created by two friends of general practitioners: doctors Claude Bronner and Hubert Vidil. They are now retired, and practice the same country medicine as the one who gave them. do to know on the tray. “We can take time. There are people who fear a lot, for example, who think that they are going to be uncomfortable. We pamper them “, confides Claude Bronner. The center welcomes more and more first-time vaccinated. “Between four and ten per half day”, believes Hubert Vidil.

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