In Grenoble (Isère), adult patients will have to find another solution for treatment in the middle of the night.
The emergency services of the CHU Grenoble Alpes have announced that they will be forced to limit their night reception to only patients who have previously called 15 and this from Monday.
Information announced Thursday in a press release published on the CHU website, spotted
AFP
.
Children and pregnant women not affected
“Despite the exemplary mobilization of all liberal and hospital health professionals in the Sud-Isère territory, adult emergency services are forced to adapt their operation at night”, indicates the health establishment.
The emergency services of the CHU Grenoble Alpes took this decision because they are faced with a lack of personnel.
From Monday, from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m., apart from pediatric, gynecological and obstetric emergencies, patients "should not go to adult emergencies without prior regulation by center 15", warns the hospital group.
These measures concern the site of La Tronche, the main hospital in Grenoble, and that of the small town of Voiron, which will however both retain “normal operation” during the day, he specifies.
Le Dauphiné Libéré
adds that the Mutual Hospital Group of Grenoble has closed its emergencies at night for several months already.
And after ?
“Everything is being done to restore the normal functioning of the emergency services as soon as possible” and the public will be duly informed “in the event of a change in the situation”, adds the CHU.
Night closures, "load shedding" on other hospitals, access filtered by the Samu: at least 120 emergency services have been forced to limit their activity or are preparing to do so, alerted the Samu association on May 20. Emergencies of France (SUdF).
Health
Hospital crisis: Indispensable in France, foreign doctors still in precariousness
Health
Compiègne: Due to a shortage of staff, 70 pregnant women deprived of maternity this summer
Grenoble
Isere
Hospital
Emergency room
Use
Health