The midwives of the Lilas maternity hospital have decided to strip down to fight against the closure of their establishment.
“Lilac motherhood in the street: the midwives get naked!” »This is the hard-hitting title of Press release published this Thursday by the support collective for this maternity hospital threatened with closure in Seine-Saint-Denis (93).
The story begins in 2009 when a Reconstruction of the Lilas maternity hospital is scheduled by the former Minister of Health, Roselyne Bachelot. A project confirmed by François Hollande in 2012. But, the Regional Health Agency (Ars) of Ile-de-France, which was to provide financial support for the project, finally suspends its investment. “The structural deficit of the health establishment no longer allows recourse to borrowing”, responds from Ars. As a result, the Lilas maternity hospital is now doomed to close and the staff must integrate the disused premises of the CHI Montreuil. “This project is in the short term the death of the establishment and its medical project”, protest opponents.
In protest, the midwives of the Lilas maternity hospital have now decided to pose naked in order to make their demands heard. The action aims to alert public opinion, but also to raise funds. The photos taken by a physiotherapist from the establishment will then be put together in a calendar which will be put on sale soon for the general public. (see the collection of photos in the article by MetroNews)
Finally, another action has already been announced by the collective, it is a demonstration for the maintenance of motherhood which will be organized on Saturday, September 21, at 11 am in Les Lilas.
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