INTERVIEW
A budget 750 million euros between 2019 and 2022, the creation of a telephone service and online ... Agnès Buzyn unveiled Monday twelve measures to try to get out of the crisis of emergencies, which lasts for six months. François Braun, president of Samu-Urgences de France, welcomed these announcements on Monday night on Europe 1. "We are going in the right direction, we were not expecting such an important fiscal courage. and confident, "said the doctor.
François Braun particularly welcomed the measures announced on everything related to the passage before emergencies. "We are beyond the 600 million euros we claimed, because there is an interesting consideration of what happens before emergencies. primary care load, general medicine, to reduce emergency attendance 4 out of 10 people who go to the emergency department could be supported by city medicine, it is also necessary to strengthen the management of downstream emergencies, hospitalization direct services, to unclog, "detailed the president of Samu-Urgences de France.
"We give meaning to our business"
The creation of a "service of access to care" (SAS), online or by phone 24 hours a day, will direct patients to a consultation in the city or a teleconsultation or to emergencies, possibly via the sending of an ambulance. "This is the platform of medical and versatile regulation that we have been asking for for years.Our general colleges will be able to handle all types of calls.It is not up to the patient or the patient future to know if what a is serious or not, it's up to a health professional to tell him, "said François Braun.
"It was mostly a crisis about the loss of sense of urgency, the minister said it well: the emergency needs to be there to take the real emergencies, we give new meaning to our profession. to get out of the crisis, more than the financial announcements, "continued the emergency physician. But will these ads be enough to convince all health workers? François Braun hopes so. "Are these measures going to solve all the problems of our health service?" "No, certainly not, but these measures will make it possible to settle those of our emergency services, it is necessary to be satisfied", has it he concluded.