What is this public debate which was held in Périgueux this Friday?

More than a year and a half after the release of the “White Paper on Health”, the union of CGT retirees ended its series of conference-debates around health and autonomy this Friday, December 13, at the center Joséphine-Baker departmental. “The book has already been presented elsewhere in Dordogne and we wanted to close the meetings by marking the occasion,” insists Jacques Teyssier, member of the office and facilitator.

Reissue of a work already released in 2011, the new version of the “Health White Paper” aimed to paint the picture of a degraded department on issues of health and autonomy. And on this day of debate open to the public, these themes were explored in depth by various speakers: Sébastien Peytavie, deputy for the 4th constituency of Dordogne, Marie-Claude Varaillas, senator, and Pascale Martin, former deputy. “The three worked on issues of health and autonomy. Pascale Martin, for example, worked on a report dedicated to women's mental health. »

Towards other decentralized conferences

In addition to the intervention of political figures, several testimonies were delivered on stage. That of a sick retiree who had to wait two years for his chemotherapy to begin, of a care assistant who came to talk about his degraded working conditions, or even of a caregiver recounting the difficulties encountered in supporting the patient as best as possible.

The day finally ended with a moment of exchange and proposals. “We have suggestions for improving things without going through the privatization that the Government is proposing and which is only a way of making health a business,” underlines Josette Gosset, coordinator of the “Health White Paper”.

To continue to address the themes of health and autonomy, the retirees' union plans to continue its conferences by decentralizing them throughout the region. “The Dordogne is a territory with many retirees and different problems in each area,” concludes Jacques Teyssier.