Nursing staff from the intensive care unit at Larrey hospital in Toulouse in September 2020 (illustration) -
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Regretting the opening of "too many small centers" under pressure from local elected officials, the Regional Union of liberal doctors of Ile-de-France believes, this Tuesday, that the vaccination of health professionals against the coronavirus is "slowed down »For the benefit of other priority audiences (elderly, chronically ill).
In hospitals responsible for vaccinating caregivers, "orders have been given (...) to simply cancel hundreds of appointments" for the first dose and to postpone the second from 21 to 28 days, says the Union regional health professionals (URPS) representing the 21,000 liberal doctors in Ile-de-France in a press release.
Vaccinate those "who are on the front line"
The authority denounces an "opportunistic decision" taken "to supply too many small centers opened precipitously" in order to "satisfy the pressing demand of the communities" and warns that it "will not accompany (this) unbalanced strategy".
"We ask to continue the effort to vaccinate all caregivers at risk," said its president, radiologist Daniel Silberman, who believes that the regional health agency (ARS) and the ministry must "assume the difficulty of have vaccines ”because“ there are not for everyone ”.
At a time when "we expect a third epidemic wave", the choice "can in no way be made to the detriment of those who are on the front line", he insists, adding that caregivers "would not understand that their protection be reduced because there is a shortage ”.
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