In the long list of victims of the crisis, Manuel Valls had not yet taken the time to meet caregivers. This Monday, May 5, a few hours before closed and closed negotiations in Deva, which promised to be harsh, the Minister of Overseas made a visit to the Médipôle, before listening, for a little more than an hour, the health players in New Caledonia draw up the inventory of a sector in crisis. “”This is a subject that concerns me“said Manuel Valls, who was able to take the measure of a real one”Degradation of the supply of care“Everywhere on the territory.
“The risks of collapse”
A year after the break-up of the first violence, New Caledonia is still faced with a shortage of health professionals who threatens the care system. “”The 20 to 25 % of doctors and nurses who come and go from the metropolis have left, and the turnover which was done before on these posts no longer took place“, Exposes Dr. Thierry de Greslan, president of the medical establishment for the establishment of the CHT. The situation forced the medipole to close almost 100 beds out of the 225 he had.
The situation is worse in the bush, where the hospitals of Poindimié and Koumac stopped almost all of their services. Everything is now centralized at the Koné health center. “”We have attractiveness difficulties“, Recognizes Joachim Tutugoro, director of the three hospital establishments in the North. puts that on the account of one”feeling of insecurity“Still very present, evoking the bad reputation that has stuck to the skin of New Caledonia for a year, and the bush more particularly.
Manuel Valls greets Joachim Tutugoro (at the center), director of the Northern hospitals, and Marc Weté, deputy director, Monday May 5 at the Médipôle. Baptiste Gouret photo
“The problems of insecurity and attractiveness which have been mentioned are intimately linked to the instability of the political situation“, estimates Manuel Valls, thus returning the solution to an agreement.”But beyond that, what worries me are the risks of a system collapse and a health crisis“, alerts the Minister of State.
Partnerships with metropolitan hospitals
Solutions have been listed: health system reforms for “settle the question of its financing“, but also the signature of”conventions“With public or semi-private hospitals of France, subject”on which the State has given a number of tracks“. Claude Gambey, member of the government in charge of health, is currently multiplying the trips in the hospital and university structures of France, in the hope of regularizing the sending of nursing staff to support the pebble in the specialties in tension.”Winning-Gagnant partnerships” in order to “no longer depend on arrivals of opportunities, but to build real care chains“, Defends Thierry de Greslan, evoking on the other hand the need”to improve working conditions“Caregivers and to revalue wages.”The state has been very committed for years and will continue to engage alongside New Caledonia, but on condition that there is an agreement and then that there are reforms“, A concluded Manuel Valls.
