A hundred emergency services under pressure this summer, according to the FHF – Libération

Faced with the resigning Minister of Health who spoke of around fifty hospitals in difficulty this summer, representatives of the sector stepped up to the plate, putting forward much more alarming figures.

A nuanced denial in form but clear in fact. This Tuesday, the French Hospital Federation (FHF), a lobby for public health establishments, corrected mezza voce the picture of the summer situation in hospital emergencies painted on August 20 by the resigning Minister Delegate for Health, and his former president, Frédéric Valletoux. While in Nantes and Brest, the unions were stepping up to denounce the waiting times “unacceptable” imposed on elderly patients before their care in an adapted service, Valletoux wanted to be reassuring, the hospitals under pressure being according to him no more than one “fifties” Enough to make the head of Samu Urgence de France, Dr Marc Noizet, jump, for whom the difficulties have been “widespread and more important than ever,” which should be confirmed by the investigation carried out by the union in mid-September.

The FHF is getting ahead of it. Unveiled on Tuesday at its back-to-school press conference, its flash survey on the emergency situation this summer confirms the extent of the difficulties. “For several years, we have observed a fundamental movement that is placing an increasing burden on emergency services and public hospitals in terms of receiving unscheduled care, notes the general delegate