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In Draguignan, the mobilization for the reopening of emergencies comes back to life


On Friday, February 18, 200 demonstrators, according to the unions and 150, according to the police, demonstrated in front of the hospital to demand the reopening of the service.
photo Camille Dodet

In Draguignan, the mobilization for the reopening of emergencies comes back to life


02/18 at 9:52 p.m.

Update 02/18 at 9:53 p.m.

About 200 people demonstrated in favor of the reopening of the emergency department of the Dracénie Hospital Center (CHD), Friday, December 18. The service has been closed to the public every evening from 8:30 p.m. to 8:30 a.m. the next day since October 29.

17. This is the number of weeks that the emergencies of the Dracénie Hospital Center (CHD) were closed.

The department of the Dracénois hospital has been closing its doors to the public every evening since October 29 due to an insufficient number of emergency doctors to provide the service.

On Friday, February 18, 200 demonstrators, according to the unions and 150, according to the police, demonstrated in front of the hospital to demand the reopening of the service.

“They told us that the closure would only last five weeks”recalls a trade unionist in the assembly. “We are now at 17 and nothing is progressing.”

“Solutions exist”

Christophe Prudhomme, spokesperson for the Association of Emergency Physicians of France (Amuf), gave a long speech to support the caregivers and the demonstrators present.

Christophe Prudhomme, spokesperson for the Association of Emergency Physicians of France (Amuf), gave a long speech to support the caregivers and the demonstrators present. Photo Camille Dodet

“They told us it would only last a month”he says. “It took 14 months of mobilization for the service to reopen. Don’t give up! Keep mobilizing, your future and the attractiveness of the territory are at stake.”

The trade unionist was a figure in the fight for the reopening of the emergency room of the Sisteron hospital center (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) in 2019.

The trade unionist was a figure in the fight for the reopening of the emergency room of the Sisteron hospital center (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence) in 2019. Photo Camille Dodet

Collective Emergency at the Night Emergency Department of Draguignan Hospital already plans to continue the mobilization, every Friday evening and to collect the dissatisfaction of the inhabitants of the villages on this subject.

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