2024-08-14 05:06:40
Increased activity and staffing shortages have forced some emergency services to temporarily close this summer.
Published on 08/14/2024 07:06
Reading time: 3 minutes Emergency entrance in Bordeaux, April 2024. (Philippe Lopez/AFP)
As the France Bleu network points out, many emergency services have been forced to temporarily close this summer due to a lack of professional staff and increased activity.
loire valley
Laval’s emergency room will be open only six nights in September for the first time Make sure the French Blue Mayenne. Citizens Against Medical Deserts recalled in a press release that the service was closed for a total of 22 nights in July and 18 nights in August.
In Sarthe, the Bailleul Emergency Room is closed on weekends in August, on public holidays and from 11 am to 8:30 am every night. According to information from France Bleu Maine. The region’s FO Santé union also ensures “In Maine-et-Loire, the Anjou clinic’s emergency room was closed for 15 nights in July and will be closed for another 15 nights” August.
These temporary closures have impacted other nearby hospitals. Therefore, in a press release, the Federation of Health and Welfare of the Loire Region regrets the saturation of the adult emergency department at the University Hospital of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), especially due to “The Ancenis Emergency Room is closed daily from 4 pm to 8:30 am. July 5 to September 1, announced in early July France Blue Loire Ocean.
The situation is made even more tense because in the Vendée, the Montague emergency room is also closed from July 13 to August 19 “Reopening not guaranteed” Force Ouvrière to sound the alarm. Unions condemn “Access to care has plummeted, and a lack of doctors and nurses has led to the closure of hundreds of beds and thousands more across the region” at the national level.
Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur
In Vaucluse, the emergency room of the Carpentras hospital has only been open in the morning (8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) since Tuesday and will, for the next three months, Reporting from Brouveaucluse, France. Only major emergencies and gynecological and obstetric emergencies are accepted. Therefore, the hospital recommends that patients call 15, or contact the attending physician, non-scheduled care center or on-call medical center before departure.
new aquitaine
In the Dordogne, the emergency room at Sarlat Hospital is closed from Tuesday to Thursday at 8:30 a.m. French Blue Périgord Warning. Due to a shortage of emergency physicians and two doctors being on sick leave, the decision was made to temporarily close.
In the Charente-Maritime department, the La Rochelle-Léonise hospital group and the Rochefort and Saintes hospital centers were forced to regulate access to pediatric emergencies from June 26 to September 15 because pediatricians Insufficient quantities and associated increases in activity. Specifically, between 8pm and 8am, patients will call call center number 15 before departure so that they can be guided to the most appropriate care solution. In Saintes, hospitals had to make new adjustments in August. As of August 12, the pediatric emergency department will be open from 5pm to 9am, and will also be closed on weekends and public holidays.
Great Eastern
Lorraine Hospital also experienced some disruptions this summer, alert French Blue Lorraine North. For example, the Brière Hospital Center (Meurthe and Mosel) is forced to suspend emergency reception from 4 pm on Tuesday, 30 July until 9 am on Wednesday, 31 July. Due to a lack of nursing staff, delivery care there has also been suspended from 11pm on July 18 to 8.30am on Saturday, July 20. In St. Awald (Moselle), the hospital center must adapt its operations and emergencies from 6 pm to 8 am on August 2 and 3, 2024 and people are advised not to travel there spontaneously.
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