Visiting the Auch hospital center on Monday afternoon, the Prime Minister renewed the promise of a new hospital on a new site, and sketched the outlines of an establishment integrated into a departmental scheme.
“We are going to allocate a total of €142 million to this operation. “Jean Castex came with a big check, Monday evening at the Auch hospital, and some promises as part of the investment component of the Ségur de la Santé. A protocol has been signed, which confirms these credits. The announcement was expected: the State is putting its hands in the pocket to rebuild the establishment, dilapidated and outdated. Jean Castex was able to see it, and did not hide it, during his visit to the premises. But the State also receives support from the Region. Carole Delga announced that Occitania would contribute to the project for €18 million, as part of a major support plan for public hospitals in the Region.
Jean Castex and Carole Delga signed the protocol which confirms the credits for the future hospital.
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“As far as the State is concerned, it will therefore be €117 million, plus the €7 million in debt reduction already announced, specified the Prime Minister. And I thank the Region, because all the Regions, for which it is not their competence, do not choose to come alongside the State on hospital investment. The new hospital could be completed by 2028, after 3 years of studies and 3 years of construction.
No public-private partnership
Jean Castex was expected on his arrival by a delegation of hospital staff, and the establishment’s CGT Santé. They intended to obtain answers on the question of the posts of doctors and the fate of the future hospital. The minister answered them. “We have to build a new regional medical project, it has to involve everyone, in particular the Gascogne clinic. We have two institutions that are both struggling. There are attractiveness issues. Building a new, high-performance tool may be one way to solve it. No salvation in the public sector alone, according to Jean Castex, who maintains that a better organization of care and activities must offer better service to users. “Yes, we must associate all the players, the liberal sector, the clinic, the public hospital. But I say it: there will be no PPP, public-private partnership. The public hospital will remain the public hospital, and the public service is essential. »
Accelerator kick
In his eyes, the future lies with the health networks, which, in the case of the Auch hospital, will integrate links with the Toulouse University Hospital. In the same context, he wants to believe in the effectiveness of a future pole of professional training in paramedical in Auch. “You have to bring the training closer to the places of exercise, as you plan to do at the Spanish Barracks. The way in which the Gers is going to build this public health organization chart could well be a school. “The Gers is at a crossroads. For all these cooperation issues, you are at the forefront. »
Jean Castex confirmed the decision to build the future hospital on a new site. And if the Prime Minister insisted on the need for consultation, he strongly requested that a “voluntary timetable” be proposed to him, whether it is a question of the project or the land. “As the common sense of the Gers says, ‘The sooner we start, the sooner we finish'” concluded Jean Castex.
Regional credits for hospitals
Montauban, Montpellier, Millau-Saint-Affrique and Auch, 4 hospitals which will benefit from massive credits from the Region. Carole Delga announced €18 million for the future Auscitain hospital, part of the €100 million that the Region will invest in public health. A first, and a necessity, according to the president, which ensures that public health contributes to the attractiveness of territories, and limits hypermetropolisation.
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