Phone to her ear, Dr. Emily Dehours opens the doors of Toulouse Samui. Far from answering an innocuous call, the emergency doctor at Pink City University Hospital’s Emergency Medical Center, mask over nose, is in full consultation. On the other end of the line, and the world, a sailor off the coast of Singapore needs his advice on how to treat an eye infection. He is part of the Advisory Center for Maritime Medicine (CCMM), a unit of Samu 31 that assists sailors around the world.
Entering the Louis Lareng booth, named after the founder of Samu and CCMM, he invites us to follow him to a small room adjacent to the huge Samu 31 call handling room, where medical regulation (ARM) assistants respond to emergency calls 24 hours a day. hours per day. CCMM doctors sit at their desks in front of three computers. Only fishing brochures, flatball or even sailing race posters betray…
Source: Le Figaro
