Firefighters and emergency services have been mobilized all over the country for the New Year. The nurses and doctors on duty on holiday nights sometimes have many interventions to carry out. At the CHR de Huy, around thirty patients spent New Year’s Eve on an emergency hospital bed.
Spending the new year horizontally, on a hospital bed, Patrick hadn’t planned it. But this patient of CHR de Huy keeps morale high. “Starting 2023 like this is a bit of a life lesson for me. It’s a little bit to put my mind in order and stop eating junk food.“
“On est in our workplace and in the service of the population“
Geoffrey barely had time for an aperitif: “I realized it was wrong. I preferred to rest a little and after an hour, to come to the emergency room to seek medical advice.” Claude Nah is the head of the emergency department. A little after 22hhe expected a rough night: “We can have traffic accidents or patients who have domestic accidents like the most classic blow: the wound trying to open the oysters.“
While the sky is colored to the rhythm of fireworks, the emergency workers continue their guard: “While the others are partying, we have no choice“, loose Dan Redambulance firefighter from Huy. “On est in our workplace and in the service of the population.“
Far from theirs, all of them have sacrificed their family or friendship life.