It was a false alarm. A month ago, the president of the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Departmental Council, Éliane Barreille, was outraged by a possible suspension of credits from the Regional Health Agency (ARS) dedicated to the medicalization of gendarmerie helicopter.
For its part, the ARS denies any intention to cut funding.”We are just waiting to see the national framework that will be established“, defended its lower-Alpine director, Bertrand Biju-Duval in our columns.
Finally, the credit of 200,000 euros requested by the Dignois hospital center will indeed be granted, confirmed Éliane Barreille Thursday morning from the premises of the high mountain gendarmerie platoon (PGHM), which welcomes the helicopter.
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“I had confirmation from the ARS last week that these credits were not called into question and that they would be financed. I don't have any written information for the moment, but it was confirmed to us so a priori it's good,“declared the president of the Departmental Council.
On the side of the ARS, we talk about a “non-subject“. “The hospital director alerted the Department for reasons that were unfounded, since the ARS had already assured the hospital of its commitment“, assures Bertrand Biju-Duval, director of ARS 04, referring to a “misunderstanding“.
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