Nurse Imane Chehaibou faces police roadblock

2024-08-02 12:00:16
Imane Chehaibou, a nurse from Seine-Saint-Denis, in Villiers-Le-Bel (Val d’Oise), where she lives, on July 31, 2024.

“Something happened this time”“The nurse whispered, giving the policewoman a big smile. Imane Chehaibou holds her breath every time she approaches a police checkpoint in her black Smart. The 25-year-old young woman, who works from home near the Olympic facilities in Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), has a professional daily life seriously complicated by the Olympics and the Games. Since its opening on July 26, traveling within its intervention area, which consists of 93 suburbs surrounding the city, has become a real headache.

She started early on Wednesday morning, July 31, on ward rounds in Staines with an old lady who had a stomach tube inserted. The day was destined to be peaceful, but the streets were deserted. There was a stick hanging on the windshield of the car and a badge indicating his occupation. There was also a pocket on the side of the boat, which contained an occupation card and QR code obtained from the police headquarters. Keys are essential, but not always sufficient to get through police roadblocks at all intersections within a few square kilometres. Here we are just a stone’s throw from the Stade de France, the Aquatics Center and the Olympic Village included in the protected area (SILT zone).

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The second appointment, in Saint-Denis, involved a ten-month-old baby who had to have a central line installed after major intestinal surgery removed. The trip went smoothly and the caregivers were able to focus on her visit. You have to put on sterile clothes, put the baby on the changing table, and help the mother change the dressing. Beneath a brown veil and surgical mask held tightly by pins, Imane Chehab’s familiar eyes make the baby smile. Action is guaranteed: the young woman has been working in a clinic specialized in post-operative care for two and a half years.

“These are orders”

The next little patient is located in the center of the secure perimeter of Carrefour Pleyel. The journey to the destination takes approximately ten minutes and has five control stations. “It depends on the situation and the police officer on duty. Some let me through without verification, others asked me to provide documentation of medical appointments. That’s a bit far-fetched! The only thing I could show them was my GPS, so They can see that the address I want to go to is in the red zone »”, explains Imane Chehaibou. The paramedic said that on Tuesday, July 30, an officer refused to let her move around the area and she had to take a 40-minute detour: “No matter how I explained that I had a little patient, several months old, waiting for me to feed him, I was told ‘these are the orders’. »

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