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The project for a new psychiatric hospital at the University Hospital of Tours is a subject of debate

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The project for a new CHRU de Tours hospital consists of merging several psychiatric units on the same site with the aim of eliminating 84 hospital beds and reducing what psychiatrists call “places of existence”.

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By: Laurence Théault Follow

The project for a new psychiatric hospital at the University Hospital of Tours is not unanimous among caregivers.

In question, the drop in the number of hospital beds for adults from 204 to 120. Decision taken by the ARS without consultation according to the unions who denounce a project at a catastrophic discount.

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