Saturated pediatric emergencies: more than 4,000 caregivers challenge Emmanuel Macron in an open letter – franceinfo

The bronchiolitis epidemic is saturating services that are already out of breath, which must in particular postpone certain treatments and transfer children to hospitals several hundred kilometers away. Article written by Published on 21/10/2022 23:00 Updated on 21/10/2022 23:13 Reading time: 1 min. Four thousand pediatric caregivers send an open letter to Emmanuel Macron to denounce the saturation of pediatric hospital services, according to a text made public on Friday October 21, and broadcast by Le Parisien. Caregivers denounce unsuitable working conditions and care, “a glaring deterioration in the care provided to children” which puts them “daily in danger”. >> Saturated pediatric emergencies: “The government is responsible for the tragedies that will happen”, warns pediatrician Véronique Hentgen After two weeks of winter epidemics, “hospitalization services are overflowing”, alert the signatories. “It is urgent to be able to reopen beds in pediatric wards by stopping the flight of caregivers and recruiting passionate young people”, also launch the caregivers to the attention of the Head of State. In their letter, the caregivers describe and denounce numerous deteriorations in their working conditions: hospitalization of children in unsuitable places, distant transfers, postponements of scheduled surgical interventions, or even premature discharge from hospital. The caregivers who signed the letter ask the president in particular to better assess “the heaviness of the care which is incumbent upon them”, to adapt “the ratios of patients per nurse/caregiver pair” or even to reassess “salaries and modalities of exercise taking into account the level of study”. The director general of the regional health agency (ARS) of Ile-de-France, Amélie Verdier, recognized with AFP Thursday “strong tensions” in the pediatric services in the Ile-de-France, reinforced by the epidemic of bronchiolitis. She called for the “responsibility of everyone”, in particular parents, to “protect themselves against winter epidemics”, through barrier gestures and vaccination against Covid “including for children”. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share by email Share link