The Jean-Louis Mégnien Association warns of the extent of the phenomenon of mistreatment in the hospital and the impossibility of resolving these cases, as they stand.
The hospital harassment map of France is growing. In a press release, the Jean-Louis Mégnien Association, formed the day after the suicide of a cardiologist at the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital (Paris), issued a warning. While a national mediator has been appointed to respond to these situations of mistreatment and harassment of which members of the nursing staff, doctors and nurses alike, the implementation of solutions is slow.
Because the appointment of Edouard Coty is still not effective; it was only announced. The quasi-mediator “has started to deal with some seriously mistreated and harassed personnel files” but he “still does not have the legitimacy which would allow him to effectively fulfill his mission”, deplores the Association.
About a hundred cases in February
However, cases of harassment and mistreatment of staff, by hospital management or by colleagues, are constantly on the rise. The Association, which centralizes the reports, has counted a hundred for the month of February alone. This “brings the number of cases on the recently updated attached map of France to over three hundred.” on our site. “
“The growing number of reports to the Jean-Louis Mégnien Association of cases of mistreatment and harassment of public hospital staff makes the official appointment of the national mediator and the precise definition of his field of competence even more urgent”, insists the Association.
“Human and material resources”
“The essential condition for the smooth running and effectiveness of the mission entrusted to Edouard Couty is that he has the human and material resources that he currently lacks”. These means should make it possible, if necessary, to request and obtain from the national management center and regional health agencies “that they give concrete, positive and lasting action to the recommendations that it will address to them”.
Although the Association says “does not doubt the determination of the Minister” of Health, to date, it has “no guarantee that mediation will allow health personnel victims of mistreatment phenomena to regain hope and return to normal professional practice as quickly as possible ”.
The Jean-Louis Mégnien Association “will take stock before the next electoral deadlines, as soon as the first files examined have led to recommendations and that it will have analyzed their actual results on the ground”.
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