“We are no longer able to cope with an epidemic peak”, denounces the president of the French Society of Pediatrics

“We are no longer able to cope with an epidemic peak”denounced Tuesday, November 1 on franceinfo Christèle Gras-Le Guen, president of the French Society of Pediatrics, while pediatric services are currently saturated throughout the country due to a violent epidemic of bronchiolitis. “The tension is everywhere”assures the head of the pediatric emergency department of the Nantes University Hospital, explaining that “our capacity to accept new patients is completely exceeded”.

“We are in a situation that is totally historic. This year, this epidemic is beyond measure.”

Christèle Gras-Le Guen, President of the French Society of Pediatrics

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Christère Gras-Le Guen also denounces the fact that “the whole child health system has been neglected for years”. She asks “Staff” because “Just because they are children doesn’t mean they have minor illnesses”. Since the beginning of October, “31 children were transported out of Ile-de-France” due to the saturation of pediatric resuscitation services in hospitals in the Ile-de-France region, announced the Minister of Health François Braun on Tuesday, after a visit to the Necker hospital in Paris.

A meeting scheduled for Wednesday will focus on “the future of the pediatric sector”, he also announced, also recalling that financial aid of 150 million euros for several hospital services was promised ten days ago. .