resuscitation beds at the Chu will be financed by the Metropolis
Faced with the health crisis and the difficulties of health professionals, the Rouen Normandy Metropolis will vote in financial assistance of 15 million euros for its hospitals, including the Rouen University Hospital (Seine-Maritime)
It was during his back-to-school press conference to discuss the highlights and projects of the year 2022, that Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, mayor (PS) of Rouen and president of the Rouen Normandy metropolis spoke on Friday, January 7. the health crisis and the fifth wave of Covid.
Being also chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Rouen University Hospital, he said he knew the difficult situation experienced by caregivers, referring to a situation of “exhaustion and exhaustion”. Nicolas Mayer Rossignol then made a rather gloomy inventory:
“The health situation, in the broad sense, and in particular obviously with the pandemic, but not only, is terrible, is extremely worrying. city, are bloodless.
“I do not want to darken the picture, but it is a reality. Account of the real concerns of our fellow citizens in terms of health and access to health. Things like, for example, mental health or prevention, are not sufficiently worn, not sufficiently defended.
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol then announced that, at the end of January, a deliberation will be voted to finance significant financial assistance for hospitals in the territory: “We have come to the conclusion, we local elected officials, at the Rouen Normandy Metropolis, that even if normally this does not come under the responsibilities at all, at the legal level, of our community (since it is in fact those of the State). ), we had to act because we can’t stay like that! “
“We decided to put in place a very important plan of 15 million euros to support health establishments in our territory”
Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, mayor (PS) of Rouen and president of the Rouen Metropolis, January 7, 2022
At Rouen University Hospital, this aid will help finance new intensive care beds.
Other aid concerns the extension of the cancer center Henri Becquerel of Rouen, long-term care at Bois-Guillaume hospital, addictology at Saint-Julien hospital in Petit-Quevilly and the new center specializing in violence against women from the Elbeuf hospital center. “Very strong” support is also announced for the c between hospitalier du Rouvray de Sotteville-lès-Rouen, an establishment specializing in mental health.