unprecedented weekend without the slightest reception in the emergency room
It had never happened in this configuration. The emergency department of the Saint-Calais hospital is closed for the weekend due to a lack of paramedical staff: nurses and nursing aides.
Until 9 am Monday morning, this closure is therefore not accompanied by a reception to guide patients who would come directly on site.
“A shame when you know that the medical team was full this weekend“thunders the association of defense of the hospital of Saint-Calais – it is usually the lack of doctors, emergency doctors or anesthetists, which causes the closures of emergency services.
“So why this closure, wonders the association? To distribute the staff in other services, also in deficit. According to our sources, there are about 35 officers currently on sick leave.”
“I am aware that the overload of work supported by all hospital staff for almost two years causes some absenteeism due to fatigue“, abounds Marc Mercier, mayor of Saint-Calais and president of the supervisory board of the hospital.” I do not endorse this closure “.
How long does it take?
Like the association, he is worried about the consequences of this closure. “In the event of an emergency in the sector, the only possible intervention will be the SAMU. If this should intervene, the time that the on-call doctor prepares the patient’s situation and the SAMU on site if necessary, it will take more than 30 minutes before a pick-up. “
“We will not wait for a misfortune – as in Bailleul – to arrive to show us” continues the association of defense of the hospital, which calls for demonstrations in Paris on December 4.