Since then, the situation has not improved and her grandmother’s health has “deteriorated”. “She was transferred to Sarlat, 70 km from her home, says the young woman. But the doctor from the short-stay geriatrics department left and the department closed after four days. My grandmother was therefore sent to follow-up care, where a doctor arrived on Monday February 15 for a fortnight, after the departure of another. »
“We kill people”
And to notice that it took five days to obtain an anti-decubitus mattress. “I don’t know what to do anymore”, remarks the one who hesitates to bring her grandmother home. “We close beds and, in the end, we kill people in the hospital. You have to live it to believe it! »
This situation would not be isolated, especially for very old people. Thus, on February 8, the family of a centenarian residing in Périgueux with suspicion of a stroke was advised not to go to the emergency room, the risk being to live an interminable wait and to further damage her health. .
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