2024-01-13 15:26:14
Gabriel Attal, accompanied by the new Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin (to his right), during a visit to the Dijon-Bourgogne University Hospital, January 13, 2024. JULIEN MUGUET FOR “LE MONDE”
During his fourth trip, Saturday January 13, since his appointment Tuesday to Matignon, the Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, promised “32 billion additional euros” for the health system “within the next five years”, in front of the cameras.
“Among all the problems to be solved, the hospital, obviously, is at the top of the pile”declared the head of government, who visited the Dijon university hospital center, accompanied by the new Minister of Labor, Health and Solidarity, Catherine Vautrin, appointed Thursday.
Mr. Attal promised that the government ” continue[ait] to invest massively in the hospital, and more broadly for our health system », seeing in the public hospital and the caregivers a “national treasure”.
« I tell you, the next budget that my government will have to present will be a historic budget for the public hospital”he again assured.
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“Several years for it to be felt”
“We are making up for decades of underinvestment, and obviously it takes several years for this to be felt by the caregiver, the doctor who is here, in the hospital”, said the Prime Minister. The latter also claimed to want “ continue to transform the financing of [l’]hospital [public français] » for it to be “financed in a smarter way”. He also mentioned “the challenge of coordination with the [médecine de] city, obviously, to also reduce the pressure weighing on the hospital”.
Catherine Vautrin declared for her part that she “wanted to pay tribute to those who are mobilized to ensure this reception of emergencies at all ages of life”. “What is interesting is a multi-departmental and multi-regional welcome. It is important to highlight these elements of complementarity between urbanity and rurality”she added.
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Furthermore, when questioned by the press during this trip about the positions hostile to marriage for all expressed in the past by his new minister, Mr. Attal expressed solidarity with her. “Everyone knows me, everyone knows what my life is like”declared the prime minister, openly homosexual, saying he “happy and proud” that Ms. Vautrin is part of her government and defending the possibility for everyone of ” change one’s mind “.
“Catherine Vautrin (…) belongs to a majority resolutely committed against discrimination, a majority which allowed the opening of PMA to female couples. (…) We are a government that will continue to act against discrimination, against homophobia and in favor of the rights of all”he further argued.
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