A medical desert for 3 years, the village of Domats (Yonne) is opening a health center on Monday. Thanks to the support of the municipality and the generosity of the inhabitants.
Domats, in Yonne, welcomes this Monday, October 7, two new doctors. A story that could have been trivial but the inhabitants decided otherwise.
It all started with the retirement in 2010 of the village’s only general practitioner. The 850 inhabitants then find themselves in a medical desert. The mayor tries to attract Liberals, but nothing helps: no one shows up to take over the cabinet. Extended hours, administrative mountains… Everything discourages practitioners.
In the deadlock, Domats takes the bull by the horns. The mayor launches a call for candidates by proposing to pay two doctors. Located 25km from Sens, the icaunais village decides to create from scratch a communal health center. Two general practitioners and a medical nurse secretary were hired quickly. € 6,000 gross monthly salary and no administrative tasks, this is enough to attract applications. The only constraint: provide at least 20 daily consultations each and eight months to succeed in the challenge. Drs Picin and Revière answer the call
But this colossal project would not have seen the light of day without the support of the inhabitants. The investment represents 415,000 € while the municipality has an annual budget of 650,000 €. The grants help pay for some of it. The generosity of the villagers does the rest. They offer € 730,000 to their municipality.
If she succeeds, the experiment could expand. The mayor plans to expand the health center and add paramedical services. Chiropodist, dietitian-nutritionist, psychologist, speech therapist. A must, when you know that Domats was until then a medical desert.
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