The Ministry of Health has announced measures to take care of the victims of Dentexia dental centers, placed in liquidation.
This is good news for the 2,200 patients united in a collective who are fighting to obtain compensation for their damage. Marisol Touraine announced measures to strengthen the care of people injured by Dentexia, these low-cost dental health centers placed in compulsory liquidation in March 2016, after a closure imposed for health and safety reasons.
The private company has indeed gone bankrupt and hundreds of patients have found themselves without dental care. The General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (IGAS) was seized, and has just submitted to the Minister of Health its first recommendations “aimed at rapidly improving the situation of patients suffering from poorly or incompletely performed care, following the liquidation. judicial ”.
Mobilization of professionals
The public authorities are therefore committed to strengthening the care of these victimized patients, “thanks to an exceptional mobilization of the social action fund of Medicare”.
Financial assistance will be paid to patients experiencing difficulties in meeting these costs because of the importance of the care to be provided and their resources, the ministry said in a press release. The device will be operational before the start of the school year.
The minister also calls on professionals to show responsibility by offering accessible prices to patients, and “relies on the strong involvement of the order of dental surgeons in this matter”. The call is addressed to liberal professionals as well as to dental health centers.
The regional health agencies (ARS) are also concerned, they who are called upon to “strengthen the support by university hospitals and dental faculties”. The reception procedures for the patients concerned will be adapted to facilitate treatment in the dentistry departments. “The objective is to allow resumption of care as quickly as possible”.
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