Christophe Lannelongue had created the controversy by affirming that there was no reason to interrupt the abolition of posts at the CHRU of Nancy while the coronavirus crisis highlighted the lack of staff in hospitals.

The government ended Wednesday the director of the Grand Est Regional Health Agency of Christophe Lannelongue, who had caused an uproar by saying that there was no reason to stop the abolition of posts at CHRU de Nancy, he told AFP. Words that intervened in the middle of the coronavirus crisis having highlighted the lack of staff in hospitals.

"The director of cabinet to the Minister of Health contacted me this morning to tell me that the government wanted to end my functions because of the debate on the Nancy teaching hospital," explained Christophe Lannelongue.

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