April 30, 2018.
In an interview with Sunday newspaper, the President of the Order of Physicians, Patrick Bouet, asks for a ” comprehensive reform Of the health system. Explanations.
A Breathless System
Healthcare professionals can’t take it anymore. For many months, appeals for help have been launched asking for more human and financial resources. Sunday April 29, in the columns of JDD, it is the president of the Order of Physicians, Patrick Bouet, who, in turn, called for a reform of the health system. ” It is urgent to rethink everything from top to bottom “, He said.
Author of the book Health: Planned explosion (editions of the Observatory), which comes out this week, Patrick Bouet denounces a health system “ breathless “. ” If the machine continues to run, it is thanks to the commitment of nursing assistants, nurses, physiotherapists and doctors, students, liberal workers or public and private employees. », He explains. ” It is miraculous that they continue to believe in their mission! “
Budgetary restrictions involved
The president of the Order of Physicians does not want small reforms. What he wants is for the government to completely rethink the system to get it started again on a healthy basis. According to him, this is an emergency not only for the nursing staff, but also and above all for the patients who are the first to suffer from the budget cuts. Savings that hurt ” the solidarity requirement “And” therapeutic innovation “.
“ Emmanuel Macron had pledged to reform pensions, but he had not planned to attack the health system », Deplores Patrick Bouet. ” We therefore fear that the project in preparation at the Ministry of Health is more of a poultice than the comprehensive reform expected by the entire population. “. And to denounce the regrouping of establishments into hospital groups, which has led to numerous service cuts. Will he be heard?
Marine Rondot
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