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Ironically, on May 22, Pascal Marotis was surprised when a text message from a psychiatry colleague in the Southwest appeared on his screen, expressing concern about the intense calls to be vigilant about his patients. Getting ready to leave a meeting. “Great national cause” 2025. ‘Shocking and illegal’, he condemned. Since then, these problems have multiplied in several departments Welcoming the Olympic flame: In essence, it is provided that there is no question of allowing certain mentally ill patients (who the State Representative (SDRE) decides to hospitalize under duress) to leave on the relevant days.
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In Haute-Rhine, Seine-Maritime, Loire-Atlantique… Most of the time, this is done verbally, by post, by email, but some regional health authorities also require hospitals to review authorizations for these patients. “Unconsensual” care. Whether it is decisions involving time off work (up to seventy-two hours), lifting of restrictive measures, or outpatient care plans (outside the hospital).
In the days leading up to the Olympics opening on Friday 26 July, sentiment among industry insiders, who have been speaking out against the restrictions for weeks, has not calmed down “Unpublished”Fear arose: What would happen to the Olympics if such instructions were given to the torch relay?
“A blatant violation of their rights”
Psychiatrists and supervisors were moved by this, as were the voices of patients, such as the National Union of Families and Friends of Patients and/or Mentally Disabled People (Unafam), until Dominique Simonnot, General Director of Places of Deprivation of Liberty ), he asked the interior minister in a letter dated June 21, but has yet to receive a reply.
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“This is the first time we have been informed of such sweeping measures, which are expressed differently but are very similar to each other.”, she pointed Le Mondeand emphasized in the letter “The stigmatization and over-restriction of a group of patients with psychosocial disorders is a shocking paradox and contrary to the values demonstrated by the Olympic Games”. “These general travel bans for hospitalized patients are purely based on security concerns, constitute a flagrant violation of their rights and are deeply insulting”added Emmanuelle Rémond, President of Unafam.
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