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Dilapidation of emergency departments: we must restore resources to the public hospital service
Doctor Gérald Kierzek returns to the state of the hospital system in France, following the cry of alarm from the mayor of Châteauroux (Indre).
(France 2)
Doctor Gérald Kierzek returns to the state of the hospital system in France, following the cry of alarm from the mayor of Châteauroux (Indre).
Is the mayor of Châteauroux (Indre) right to speak of the dilapidation of the hospital service in France? When he talks about this, he is right, believes Doctor Gérald Kierzek. The problem is that we all see the same thing: professionals, elected officials, users and even the Regional Health Agency (ARS), which does what it can with what it has. And the problem is that it’s not a solution. The mayor of Châteauroux denounces, challenges, but what is the solution facing you? It’s about providing the means to restore attractiveness, and that’s a national policy.
The little music of bobology
The risk with this type of message is the vicious circle: it is to say do not go to the emergency room, therefore the activity will drop, if the activity drops, we do not give positions and that will trigger still waiting in the emergency room. We must restore resources to the public hospital service. And then this little music that we hear a lot at the moment, which is to tell patients that they come to the emergency room for nothing, that it’s bobology, that’s odious. It’s 2024 in France, we need to be treated everywhere, concludes Gérald Kierzek.
