“We risk having an acceleration of the policy of destruction of the public hospital”, with the appointment of Aurélien Rousseau, according to the spokesperson for the emergency workers of France

“We risk having an acceleration of the policy of destruction of the public hospital“, with the announced appointment of Aurélien Rousseau to the Ministry of Health, indicated this Thursday on franceinfo, Christophe Prudhomme emergency physician and spokesperson for the Association of Emergency Physicians of France (AMUF).We are very concerned about the appointment of Aurélien Rousseau who, during his time at the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency, did nothing to develop the public sector.“.

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franceinfo: What is your reaction to the announced arrival of Aurélien Rousseau at the Ministry of Health?

Christophe Prudhomme : He is one of the ultraliberals, he is no longer on the left at all. We have seen that when he was director of the ARS of Ile-de-France, he largely favored the closing of beds, the restructuring which leads to the fact that in the middle of summer we do not know what to do with the sick because there are a lot of closed beds. He favored the development of the private sector, the consultations without appointment of the private sector with the scandal of Cosem.

Nothing will change for you?

I think it will be worse because unlike François Braun who was from civil society, a doctor, Aurélien Rousseau is a real politician very close to Emmanuel Macron. We risk having an acceleration of the policy of destruction of the public hospital.

What are Aurélien Rousseau’s priority issues?

Aurélien Rousseau’s priority file would be to ensure that the Constitution is applied to the health system, is that every citizen can have a doctor, and that every citizen is thirty minutes from a hospital whose emergency service is open. The health system is collapsing and faced with the government we have today, health must be a public service within the framework of regional planning with 100% funding from Social Security. We are very concerned about the appointment of Aurélien Rousseau who, during his time at the Ile-de-France Regional Health Agency, did nothing to develop the public sector. We change heads but we do not change policy.