ARS Normandy has confirmed the opening on March 7 of an unscheduled care center at the Place des Urgences in Valognes. Dissatisfied users threaten the Tour de France 2016.
The announcement fell like a cleaver on Wednesday. The Director General of the Normandy Regional Health Agency (ARS) has confirmed the opening of an unscheduled care center (CSNP) on the Valognes site (Manche) from Monday March 7, 2016. It will allow “d ” provide the local population with an appropriate local response and reduce the need for emergencies at the Cherbourg site, ”she writes. in a press release. But for those opposed to the closure of the existing Emergency Department, this project is not convincing.
Contacted by Why actor, Rémi Besselièvre, president of theCitizen Association for the Defense of CHPC (1) and Health Promotion, confides in fact his “great concern about this” experimental solution “. For him, the opening of this care center is a bad response to the important citizen mobilization that took place last Saturday in Cherbourg (Manche). That day, 1,500 people requested the reopening of the Valognes Emergency Department (from 8 a.m. to midnight), which had been closed since August 6, 2015.
Rémi Besselièvre, President of the Association for the Defense of CHPC and Promotion of Health: ” This center will be closed on weekends, from 6 p.m., and during school holidays… “
On the eve of a health disaster
Rémi Besselièvre is also unhappy with the recruitment in this service which, according to him, will be headed by a retired general practitioner. “This means that only minor trauma will be taken care of, which does not correspond at all to the needs of the population. This center will not relieve the emergency rooms in Cherbourg, which are now saturated, ”he laments.
Result, for him, if nothing is done, the territory of Valognes will soon be in a situation of “health disaster” with a collapse, to be expected, of medical staff in the region. During the next general assembly of his association scheduled for Friday, Rémi Besselièvre will therefore ask for the establishment of a health emergency plan which would make it possible to take measures to mobilize human and financial resources.
Remi Besselièvre : ” The working conditions of people at the Cherbourg Emergency Department have become unacceptable. Cries of alert and resignations are on the increase… “
The Tour de France 2016 threatened
So, to make itself heard, the association decided to put pressure on the public authorities. With some shock actions to come. As for example, the blocking of a stage of the Tour de France 2016 cycling.
A threat far from harmless, especially since the organizer has planned to spend three days in La Manche. The first stage scheduled for July 2 will take place, for example, from Mont-Saint-Michel to Utah Beach. The second stage, starting from Saint-Lô, which will end with a final in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin, will undoubtedly be the most closely watched.
To further worry the authorities, Rémi Besselièvre says he is, in addition, supported by farmers, who, in recent times, have been able to show the French the extent of their discontent. “We will not be celebrating in a department that is completely disintegrating and where health security is not guaranteed,” he concludes. This warning will be further detailed in April after meetings between users, farmers, bikers and teachers.
Remi Besselièvre : ” Currently, our department cannot host the Tour de France 2016. Our farmer friends are also ready for anything… “
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Posted by Why doctor on Thursday, March 3, 2016
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