the SAMU-Ergences de France union is waiting for “the implementation of the solutions” already “worked and financed”

“With each new minister, there is a new report which ends up in a cupboard, even though we know what to do,” says the spokesperson for SAMU-Urgences de France, Agnès Ricard-Hibon.

“What we are waiting for is the concrete implementation of the solutions that had been worked on and financed, and that the solutions do not remain in a cupboard”demands Friday January 3 on franceinfo, Agnès Ricard-Hibon, emergency doctor at Pontoise hospital and spokesperson for the SAMU-Ergences de France union, while the first Council of Ministers of the new government of François Bayrou is being held.

“Is the subject of the hospital really taken into account?” asks the emergency doctor. “Ten ministers in less than six years is not conducive to action”she castigates. On December 24, Yannick Neuder was appointed Minister responsible for Health and Access to Care in the new government. He is in 21st protocol rank, under the supervision of Catherine Vautrin, at the head of a large portfolio bringing together Health, Work, Solidarity and Families. “With each new minister, there is a new report that ends up in a cupboard, even though we know what needs to be done,” annoys the spokesperson for SAMU-Urgences de France, recalling the work started with Agnès Buzyn and François Braun, former ministers of Health.

“The major problem is the lack of hospital beds”summarizes Agnès Ricard-Hibon. “Is 30 patients spending the night in a stretcher worthy of a country like France?” she questions, recalling in passing that “people who remain on a stretcher have increased mortality”, up close “by 40%”. “This is one of the reasons why caregivers resign”regrets the doctor. In France, many emergency services are regularly on strike, to protest against the lack of resources at the hospital, such as that of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges hospital, in the Paris region, which began an indefinite strike on Thursday. .

“All you have to do is move the cursor between the beds reserved for scheduled people and the beds dedicated to non-scheduled people, downstream from emergencies”judges the spokesperson. But “the organization of hospitalization does not depend on the caregivers, it depends on the management, it depends on the regional ARS authority and the ministry.”