Laurent Imbert, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 7:54 p.m., December 28, 2022
According to Public Health France, the number of flu cases exploded last week with a 75% increase.
Faced with this, the Minister of Health François Braun was at the Annecy Genevois Hospital Center this Wednesday morning.
A round table was organized with the teams mobilized during the end-of-year celebrations.
An explosion of flu cases with a 75% increase last week according to Public Health France.
This situation worries even the Minister of Health.
François Braun was at the Annecy Genevois Hospital Center this Wednesday morning.
The minister visited the emergency department and took part in a round table with the teams mobilized for the end-of-year celebrations.
In Annecy as elsewhere, the daily life of the staff is very tense.
A meeting was held with the Minister of Health.
Credits: Laurent Imbert/Europe 1
One toilet for 20 patients
Nurses Isaline and Marine find stretchers in the hallways every day.
“Patients stay more than 24 hours in the emergency room on a stretcher with cold food, certain discomfort and little privacy. Every day is that,” laments one of them.
"There, there are 15 people waiting for a bed but we went up to 25 people. Every day, in the morning, it's stretchers, screens that separate people and a toilet for 20", notes a nurse .
In the emergency radiology department, Catherine regrets the glaring lack of personnel.
"We are looking for full time. We cannot recruit or even retain our staff. Emergencies, nurses, doctors, it's the same... Because public service, so 24 hours a day, nights, weekends. It's a way of making people wait, which is not so much related to what you want to do as a caregiver", she underlines.
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