Toulouse. Purpan University Hospital only accepts vital emergencies, worried doctors
By Lucie Fraisse
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Due to the strike movement initiated five weeks ago, the operation of the emergency room University Hospital of Purpana Toulousewill be modified tomorrow Monday, July 4, 2022.
Only vital emergencies
In a press release, the Toulouse University Hospital details: “As of Monday July 4, 2022 at 8 a.m. and until Tuesday July 5, 2022 at 8 a.m., adult somatic and psychiatric emergencies inPurpan Hospital will only receive vital emergencies led by the Samu (Allo 15). »
The CHU even advises to contact 15 before going to the emergency room from tonight, Sunday, July 3, 2022.
Rangueil remains open, but still impacted
Note, the Rangueil Emergencies remain open normally but will receive cases referred by the 15 as a priority.
“If your state of health does not justify a call to the Samu but you then want a medical response adapted to your needs, contact the private health establishments, your doctor or 3966 after 8 p.m., to be taken care of by a doctor. on-duty generalist”, indicates the Toulouse University Hospital.
The strikers denounce “unacceptable” working conditions and demand hiring. Recruitments have just been announced by the management, but the news has not convinced the strikers to stop them.
Doctors worried about the consequences of the strike
In a press release, the office of the establishment medical commission of the Toulouse University Hospital, which brings together around fifteen doctors, expressed its concerns about this strike movement which has been going on for several weeks.
“In the absence of a guaranteed minimum service in the emergency room on strike days, the medical community expresses its deepest concern about the medical risks provided for the population of Toulouse who are liable for urgent care, but also for other patients, due to the deprogramming inevitable consequences of this situation.”
The signatory doctors say they hear the demands of the strikers, but call “for everyone’s sense of responsibility and ethical sense to allow the organization of a minimum service and continuity of emergency activity while respecting the fundamental right to strike. so that this unprecedented situation can find a problem in the short term, before the harmful consequences for the patients are canceled.
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