Dominique Bonnefont-Rousselot is a medical biologist and member of the National Academy of Pharmacy. The same position is held by Jean-Louis Bodeau.
The role of medical biologists in the care pathway was critical during the Covid health crisis. However, more than four French people say that it is becoming very difficult to access a medical biology laboratory (LBM) near their home, especially in rural areas and especially in emergencies (1). The proximity of LBM and the speed of treatment and reporting of results, which constituted a notable feature of French biology, are today greatly undermined…
Within a few years, the number of city laboratories was divided into ten, from 3991 companies to 412. Today, more than two-thirds of LBMs are large multi-site facilities (ten to several hundred laboratory-sampling centers) often run by foreign financial groups to the detriment of…
Source: Le Figaro
