Several thousand people gathered on Saturday October 12 to demand the reopening of the emergency room at Carhaix hospital and for the State to apply the crisis exit protocol, as it had committed to doing a year ago.
A successful bet for the organizations which had called for a rally, this Saturday, October 12, in front of the Carhaix hospital, since the crowd was there, despite very unpredictable weather…
In the morning, a conference at Karaez Park had caregivers and health professionals testify so that Brittany obtains more autonomy in this area and that “health policies are no longer managed by Paris and the ARS, but by institutions closer to Breton realities,” explained a member of Bretagne major, organizer of the event.
Around 11:30 a.m., several thousand people flocked to the Carhaix hospital, in a joyful and colorful atmosphere. For more than an hour, the speakers demanded the reopening of emergencies and that the State and the management of the Brest-Carhaix Chru respect the crisis exit protocol signed last November.
Several elected officials and parliamentarians spoke, from Philippe Poutou (NPA) to Corentin Le Fur (Right LR).
Towards a hardening of the movement ?
Around 1 p.m., the demonstrators went in a procession towards the gendarmerie, tractors in the lead. Yann Manac’h, from the FNSEA, warned: “We took our skips to signify that, if our demands are not heard, we are going to block French state buildings with them!” At the gendarmerie level, Bagad Karaez struck up his stainless demonstration tube, then a few firecrackers were thrown at the gendarmes by young left-wing separatists.
A small moment of tension which did not sum up a very good-natured demonstration. Nevertheless, among certain defenders of the Breton center hospital, we heard, off the record, questions. “For more than a year, we have been carrying out peaceful actions without obtaining anything. On the contrary, we see trade unionists and elected officials placed in police custody. Maybe it’s time to put a little more pressure on…”
In the meantime, a follow-up meeting on the memorandum of understanding is due to take place on Thursday October 16. With this successful mobilization (between 3,000 people according to the gendarmerie and 10,000 according to the organizers), the Breton centers showed their determination to keep their hospital this Saturday.
Several thousand people gathered on October 12
“Brittany is not just a landscape that ARS executives look at in their second home, Brittany is the country where we live,” said Gaël Roblin, municipal councilor of Guingamp.
