Guest of the Grand Rendez-vous, the deputy of Ain and president of the group Les Républicains at the National Assembly Damien Abad returned to the microphone of Europe 1 on the distress of hospital staff and the support that white coats had in the population . To avoid that "white coats turn into yellow vests, it will be necessary to put everything flat and rethink our health system", according to the deputy.

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"The France of white coats reveals the French fractures", declared on the microphone of Europe 1 Damien Abad, deputy of Ain and president of the group Les Républicains in the National Assembly. Questioned by the journalists of the Grand Rendez-vous on the situation of hospital staff on the front line in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, deputy LR recalled that the plight of white coats was not new.

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"They have been suffering for a long time [...] for a long time we have a city medicine which must deal with medical deserts", he explained, affirming that "France in white coats" revealed "French fractures". "We have to be able to solve them," he said. "If we do not want white coats to turn into yellow vests, we will have to start over and redesign our health system"

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Asked about Professor Raoult's work, Damien Abad did not wish to speak about the supposed benefits of chloroquine. "You have to be very humble: I'm not a doctor", but as a politician, you have to question the image of Professor Raoult, according to the deputy. While it is recognized internationally, "how is it that Doctor Raoult is so discredited in France?", Questions Damien Abad, "how is it that he meets so much resistance? "

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