The New Civil Hospital in Strasbourg.

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G. VARELA / 20 MINUTES

  • The situation in Strasbourg hospitals is not ideal, according to Force Ouvrière.

  • Since September 17, "we have had to intervene twice on the emergencies of the NHC (New Civil Hospital) making them alert rights following an over-saturation of the establishment's emergencies", at 160% of capacity. reception, said Christian Prudhomme, FO general secretary.

  • The staff would be exhausted.

    “There isn't a single caregiver who doesn't ask: what else can I do?

    », Says Sylvie Speiser, nurse anesthetist at Samu.

Covid-19 has left Alsace a little quieter in recent weeks.

This is very good news if we are to believe the inventory of emergency services in Strasbourg hospitals drawn up by the Force Ouvrière union.

According to FO, the emergency department still operates in a degraded manner, with a lack of beds, insufficient and exhausted staff, which raise fears of the worst in the event of a rebound of the virus.

Since September 17, "we have had to intervene twice on the emergencies of the NHC (New Civil Hospital) making them alert rights following an over-saturation of the establishment's emergencies", at 160% of capacity. reception, indicated Christian Prudhomme, secretary general of the University Hospitals of Strasbourg (HUS) which brings together different hospitals in the Alsatian capital.

According to an audit by the Technologia expertise firm, requested by FO in 2019 after the suicide of a caregiver, based on a response rate of 50% and which has just been handed over to management, 30% of emergency personnel have “A high or very high risk of burnout”.

"We fear to be at a breaking level and that we will not be able to meet the demand for care that will follow when entering the winter", he explained, regretting a lack of "anticipation and taking responsibility ”, even though the HUS are still relatively spared by a resumption of the coronavirus epidemic.

Only eight patients were in intensive care on Friday, a relatively stable figure since mid-September, according to data from the hospital group.

"This hospital is based solely on the goodwill of the caregivers"

"We find ourselves facing the same difficulties" as before, "with the novelty of the fatigue of caregivers" after the spring health crisis, insisted Christian Prudhomme.

Without reaching the emergency level of the Mulhouse hospital in 2019 in dire need of personnel, the Strasbourg emergencies have in recent years, like many emergency services in France, led several strike movements for denounce the lack of resources and staff.

"We are in a chronic dysfunction that is no longer manageable," denounced Dr. Sébastien Harscoat, a non-union emergency doctor.

"This hospital is based solely on the goodwill of caregivers" yet "frankly exhausted" by the spring crisis, he testified.

150 nursing positions to be filled

"We find it normal that every day we are in an exceptional situation, we can no longer meet the demand for care", added Sylvie Speiser, nurse anesthetist at Samu.

“There isn't a single caregiver who doesn't ask: what else can I do?

“, She affirmed, adding that several caregivers, in particular experienced, preferred to leave the hospital public service recently.

Currently, at the HUS, 150 beds are closed for lack of personnel and 150 nursing positions are to be filled, according to FO.

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