The emergency physician Patrick Pelloux is Thursday the guest of the program of Anne Roumanoff "It feels good" to present her book "Urgences de vivre".
The doctor took the opportunity to salute the attitude of the French in their journey through the Covid-19 pandemic, rebelling against those who describe France as "a country of lazy".
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A Johnny Hallyday lookalike who comes to the aid of emergencies.
In his book
Urgences de vivre
, the doctor Patrick Pelloux tells how a baker fan of the rocker came to offer "half of his bakery" to emergency doctors overwhelmed by the first wave of Covid-19.
A good action which is, according to Patrick Pelloux, like the French and their attitude of solidarity in the health crisis.
This is what he explains Thursday in
It feels good
, taking his hat off to his compatriots and urging them not to listen to those who had predicted the country's indiscipline in the face of health measures.
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"The French are people who have a sense of duty, a sense of friendship and a sense of benevolence. This is what I saw in the emergency room", rejoices the emergency physician at the microphone. 'Anne Roumanoff in "Ca fait du bien" (11h-12h30).
"This gentleman, this baker who was a Johnny double, arrived in the emergency room. He had gone to get the equivalent of half of his bakery in bread and pastries, and he gave it to us in the waiting room. It was beautiful."
"We are a valiant and courageous country" in the face of the Covid
According to Patrick Pelloux, it is all French people who, like this baker, are "extremely generous" in the face of the health crisis.
"We have a country which is magnificent. Everyone believed that we were undisciplined. But our country respected the masks, the barrier gestures. It's extraordinary", congratulates the emergency physician.
"We are a valiant country. We are a courageous country. We must not listen to those who say that we are a country of lazy."
In his book, Patrick Pelloux also tells the story of a man ready to go back to work, the day after his release from the hospital, where he was treated for his lung cancer.
A patient to whom Patrick Pelloux nevertheless reminded him that he had to take rest.
"A study has shown that there are plenty of people to whom doctors give work stoppages which are justified and who do not take them," recalls the emergency physician.
"They prefer to go to work. It is, again, the symbol of the valor of the French and the French."