French hospitals are preparing for a difficult summer due to the lack of doctors and nurses. Between 3,000 and 600 beds at Bordeaux’s university hospital will be closed in the first two weeks of August to allow health professionals to take time off after two grueling years of Covid, according to the daily. 20 minutes. However, there will be a few more beds open in July than last year, Pellegrini Hospital’s press service notes in writing (the management did not want to answer our questions).
According to CHU: planning “too early” surgical operations should not, except in exceptional cases, lead to deprogramming. A summer crisis unit will be established to bring together doctors and hospital management “Immediately anticipate any difficulties”. “This period is traditionally the least active every summer.”, particularly by reducing planned care. Usually, about 300 beds are closed at this moment.
“The aim is to allow staff, who are already under-stretched, to take a well-deserved and much-needed holiday after the two years we have tried, whilst ensuring the quality and safety of care for patients who need to attend the CHU. »comments Pr: Mathieu Molimard, President of the Medical Community (CCM) of Pellegrin Hospital.
Lack of caregivers
The temporary reduction in the number of beds at the University Hospital of Bordeaux comes a month after the announcement of restrictions on access to the emergency room at night; 15 or civil security officers provide patient regulation. access to the service. This measure made it possible to avoid the wave of collective resignations on the eve of the summer, it is reported 20 minutes. The situation of strained human resources is far from unique to Bordeaux, according to the French Hospital Federation (FHF), which conducts annual surveys of its members. The last one, which was carried out in May, shows that the absence of medical personnel is developing very little, testifying to their exhausted state. Human resources departments are confident in their difficulties with creating schedules. The situation is more worrying in hospitals located in tourist areas with high summer attendance.
It is the first time that this phenomenon has reached such a scale, affecting many hospitals in the area.
Frédéric Valletou, President of the FHF
“The caregiver shortage, which has long affected the hospital fabric and is even more acute after Covid, is forcing some facilities to cut runways in terms of operations this summer.confirms the president of the FFA, Frederic Valetou. It is the first time that this phenomenon has reached such a scale, affecting many hospitals in the area. A minimum number of doctors and nurses is required to safely open the service. “If hospital workers have delayed vacation, stopped vacation trips or extended working days for two years as part of the white plans, we cannot live under the influence of emergency situations all the time and impose this rhythm every year.”she recalls
Source: Le Figaro
