In the Loire, the village of Bully and its 450 inhabitants have been deprived of their medical office since January 21. Due to the increase in her activity, the doctor no longer wishes to provide her guards. The gendarmerie tried to force her to do so by landing in her office. In shock, it has since been on sick leave.
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The news begins to spread. For a minimum month, the Bully medical office, a small village located about twenty kiometers south of Roanne (Loire), will turn in slow motion. The general practitioner is stopped. Originally, they were two in this cabinet, but for six months, she had been alone to ensure consultations.
So, in January, the health professional made the decision not to make medical guards in the evening and on weekends. A decision not without consequences: the rural sector lacks doctors.
“I proposed to the prefect to make an requisition order given that the guard table was incomplete. I am here to ensure the best possible access to care for residents of the sector who have the right to be sick”explains Maxime Audin, deputy director of the Loire de loire de l'Ars in the newspaper columns on January 25.
A decree delivered by the gendarmes who landed in the office in full consultation. In shock, the doctor refuses to sign. She had warned upstream the regional health agency of her refusal and awaited a solution from them, as one of her colleagues tells.
-The requisition was the drop of water that made our doctor left sickness due to work overload. Today it follows around 1,500 patients.
Rodolphe Calandry, director of the Marais Health Center association
In the meantime, another doctor will monitor care two days a week in Bully. But local elected officials are concerned about the future of the cabinet. “”When You see that we bring a gendarme to force a doctor to make guards, I think that young doctors who want to settle down certainly do not want to come to a cabinet in a small town” regret Mireille Brunelin, assistant to the town hall of Bully.
A situation that the inhabitants hope temporary. Because, in rural areas, not always easy to find a attending physician. “”We arrived in July last year. As we were new to Bully, the doctor took us but now, we will have to prospect if she ever stops her activity “ testifies Jeanne Battistiresident and manager of an inn.
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In the sector, two of the seven doctors have planned to leave their posts this year because of the too important workload that the guards represent.
