Martine doesn’t hear ” neglect “ his health. Even in Loir-et-Cher. Established since June 2024 in Romorantin, the former Parisian has the firm intention of being able to rebuild her network of specialists, close to home. So she struggles. At the beginning of October, she found her referring doctor and her gynecologist in Selles-sur-Cher. “It’s not a problem to travel”explains Martine who, in the Paris region, traveled 50 km to consult her GP in Essonne while she lived in Val-d’Oise (where she had not found one). The sixty-year-old was also already coming to consult a rheumatologist in Orléans in anticipation of her move to Loir-et-Cher.
“Two-speed health”
Philippe, who lives in Chailles, is not always so optimistic. Since 2019, he has been dealing with significant back problems. If the investigations were carried out within the perimeter of Loir-et-Cher, at the end of the process, everything becomes complicated. “There has been no neurosurgery department in Blois for more than ten years,” explains the one who had the choice between Tours and Orléans. In the end, it is at the clinic in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire (Indre-et-Loire) that he will be operated on. Twice. Car trips have increased, at his expense.
The troubles continued with hip problems. We are in 2020. The orthopedic doctor who follows him is going to Vendôme. Philippe follows him. Time passes. The difficulties accumulate. How to get an appointment for a radio station when there are no slots available in Loir-et-Cher? “This year, I traveled more than 100 kilometers round trip to get to Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. »
An appointment with the ophthalmologist is also a challenge. A trip to the optician confirms that he needs follow-up. The last order dates from 2019. Here and there, the months of waiting accumulate. He decides, via an appointment booking platform, to contact a new structure in Tours. Within a week, he got an appointment.
In Chailles, the medical center operates with two doctors and increasing delays. You have to wait four months for an auscultation. Every day emergency slots are open.
Disappointed to see a health system progress “totally unequal”Philippe recognizes that he has the means to travel, that he owns a car. And think of “all those who do not have means. There really is two-tiered health.”
The case of Nathalie, living in the south of the department, is more problematic. She tries to “find a dentist”. A challenge in 2024, obviously. “I have always had problems with my teeth, I received a long cortisone treatment which weakened them. So having a dentist in my address book has always been mandatory. In recent years, it has become hell to find them. »
“Get treatment in Türkiye? »
For years, the one who suffers from “aggressive periodontitis” is followed to Joué-lès-Tours. The surgeon leaves. She retrieved her file in 2017. Impossible to find one in Loir-et-Cher. Nor in Indre. “Nothing, the desert. » In 2020, she went to a dental surgeon in Romorantin. The quote is substantial. He does not practice 100% Health. Nathalie stops her treatment in 2022, due to lack of money. The care she needs is “outside the nomenclature” according to the CPAM.
Last April, another attempt in Selles-sur-Cher. The remainder is too heavy. Since then, she has lost two crowns. His idea? “Contact dental schools that are taking patients. Care is provided by 5th year students. I’m in an emergency. Should I go to Turkey for treatment? »
