It’s a word that set fire to the powder. In an interview conducted as part of the program Réseau d’Enquête on France 3 broadcast on March 16, answering a question on the model of shared governance with doctors set up at the Valenciennes hospital center, the director general of the Metz-Thionville CHR, Marie-Odile Saillard, had described the doctors as “divas”.
Since then, the hashtag Jesuisunediva has swarmed on Twitter and a petition demanding the departure of Marie-Odile Saillard has been posted online. on change.org. It has been signed by more than 1,780 people to date.
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weight support
How will Marie-Odile Saillard be able to get out of this storm? This Friday, she received weight support. That of the establishment medical commission (CME) of the CHR, through the voice of its president, Dr.r Marie-France Olieric (head of the maternity ward at Bel-Air hospital). She held a press conference surrounded by five other doctors from this body: Dr.r Noël Blettner (head of the gerontology-geriatrics department), Dr.r Gregory Rondelot (head of the pharmacy-sterilization unit), Dr.r Sébastien Gette (head of the intensive care unit), the Dr MBarek Irrazi (head of the musculoskeletal system-traumatology unit) and Dr.r Elisabeth Parizel (head of diagnostics unit).
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The members of the establishment’s medical committee, elected by their peers, form the hospital’s “doctors’ parliament”. As such, they are associated with the establishment’s strategic choices.
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“You judge someone by their actions”
These responsibilities lead them to work on a daily basis with Marie-Odile Saillard. It is this proximity that they wanted to evoke in front of the press: “The word diva has created a certain stir within the medical community, admits Marie-France Olieric. However, one does not judge someone on an inappropriate word, but on his actions. »
The opportunity for her to mention all the medical projects carried out under the direction of Marie-Odile Saillard in recent years: the new maternity hospital in Thionville, the hybrid room in Mercy, the new coronary angiography room… “If the CHR has so many of projects, it is because there are interactions and fruitful exchanges between management and practitioners”, assures the presidency of the CME.
As doctors, they claim not to have been hurt by the words of their director. “With the covid, I have been interacting with management on a daily basis for two years,” says the resuscitation boss. I did not perceive this word in a negative way. I know Madame Saillard well enough to take it as a joke. “Madame Saillard places her trust in me on a daily basis, confirms the Dr Parisel. We work together in the sole interest of the patient. »
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Suffering practitioners
The Dr Olieric admits that the nursing staff are suffering, but tackles the strategy of the 3APIHOP association, which launched the petition: “Creating a mutual aid association for suffering practitioners is a good idea. But what won’t help us is to go on a crusade, in what looks like a manhunt. »
The target of this crusade, Marie-Odile Saillard, did not participate in the press conference.
