The prefect of Eure-et-Loir, Françoise Souliman, and the interim director general of the Centre-Val de Loire regional health agency, Olivier Obrecht, announced, this Friday evening, in a joint press release, a series of measures ” to ensure the continuity of care in Eure-et-Loir”, in the current context of “hospital tensions”.
Emergencies continue to be superheated in the Eure-et-Loir. “In the context of a triple epidemic (influenza, bronchiolitis, Covid-19), persistent tensions over the number of available health personnel and the strike movement of general practitioners, the emergency services situation has been tense for several days throughout the department despite the significant support measures adopted by the state services”, explain the prefecture of Eure-et-Loir and the Regional Health Agency of Centre-Val de Loire in a press release.
Liberal doctors requirements
On the ground, “3pm call volume and emergency room visits are significantly higher than usual as we approach a traditionally busy New Year’s weekend for health services.”
To ensure continuity of care in the coming days, measures have been taken by the prefecture and by the Ars throughout the department. The departmental branch of the Red Cross has been mobilized since Friday to provide assistance to the Chartres hospital.
The association is called in particular to provide support to hospital services to guarantee the reception of patients.
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The prefect of Eure-et-Loir and the interim director general of the Centre-Val de Loire regional health agency also announce “the doubling of the ambulance service in several sectors of the department, as well as the requisition of liberal doctors for the benefit of the center Coudray’s doctor”.
To relieve health workers, the authorities insist on the “importance of barrier gestures”. They ask for “common sense regarding access to care to limit the congestion of a limited health supply in the coming days”.
Elena Bonnet
