TESTIMONY
"I was a doctor, I couldn't tell my loved ones that I was not going. I had no choice," says Bernard Alezra, a retired doctor, anesthesiologist and resuscitator, who returned to work at the "The hospital voluntarily, after hearing Emmanuel Macron speak of" war ", to help fight against the coronavirus. At the microphone of Europe 1, he paid tribute to his colleagues who" plunged into the covid pool without hesitation! "
"I have met extraordinary people"
Bernard Alezra was assigned to the emergency department, at the entrance of a large Parisian hospital, for the reception and orientation of patients. "I met extraordinary people; externals who volunteered, students who were asked nothing, interns who were seconded from their service to come to the front line, caregivers, nurses , service agents, who did the job. At no time did they try to escape, and dived into the covid pool without hesitation! ", he testified.
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The former anesthetist said he was "touched, it is stupid to say, by the pizza truck in front of the hospital emergency, parked every day to distribute pizza to caregivers, large caterers who delivered staff meal every day. " As for the applause of the French, he said it was recognition for "the work and commitment of all those people who did the job".
"There are mostly people that I will remember," he said. "This former Thai boxing champion who came to do her job as a caregiver every day without complaining, this former retired Chinese cook who came because he was worried" ..
"Inconceivable" losses for a large hospital
But if Bernard Alezra claims to have received "a tremendous welcome from all the carers when they did not know me", and this despite the "incessant flow" of patients who arrived at the hospital at the start of the crisis, he saw many shortages that hit him a lot.
"I was surprised and struck by certain lacks, masks, the absence of gowns ... [...] The large structures are undoubtedly very difficult to manage, but I was surprised not to find abundance that I had known ", details the doctor who worked in the past in small structures and the private sector. "It annoyed me, it shocked me, it surprised me. You are in one of the largest hospitals in France, and it is not normal not to have gowns and protective visors approved. It is inconceivable. "
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Finally, the doctor calls for "recognition of the work of caregivers, that we do not say after putting them on the front line that their work is not useful".