“The human tragedy of the decline in care”: worried about the public health sector, Cévenols sound the alarm

Le comité, mobilisé “pour alerter”, organisera une conférence-débat dans le centre-ville d'Alès. MIDI LIBRE – ALEXIS BETHUNE

Le comité de défense et de promotion de l’hôpital public et de la santé dans le bassin cévenol dénonce, ce vendredi 24 janvier, la situation actuelle et organise une conférence, dans quelques jours, pour en débattre.

The day after the presentation of the wishes of the Alès-Cévennes hospital center (Chac), the committee for the defense and promotion of the public hospital and health in the Cévennes basin met in front of the Alès premises of the Primary Health Insurance Fund (CPAM) to sound the alarm, referring to a “human tragedy of the decline in care” . “Users are having enormous difficulty getting treatment in the public system” , deplores Monique Fabrègue. “Some cannot get treatment quickly.” Cévenol Yannick Louche follows up: “We are in a situation of insecurity. We talk to people and we share this concern.” And the committee “is here to fan the flame”. “To alert!”, insists the first. How ? “Given our forces present, we do what we can…”, concedes Jean-Marc Leyssenne, doctor and spokesperson for the said committee.

See you on January 30, at the Alès-Cazot space

Thus, while the 80th anniversary of Social Security is being celebrated, the group is organizing a conference-debate on Thursday, January 30, at 6 p.m., in the Alès-Cazot room, located on the eponymous street, in the presence of Emmanuel Vigneron, university professor, lecturer and specialist in the provision of care and health in the territories, “to discuss the enormous social progress that Social Security represents”.

Jean-Marc Leyssenne: “History repeats itself endlessly”

Jean-Marc Leyssenne has never stopped denouncing that “history repeats itself endlessly end” since 1972 and the establishment of a numerus clausus for doctors which, he says, results in particular in “an unbearable situation for users and professionals”. He, pointing out a growing liberalism in this sector of activity, is worried. He is worried about community medicine in view of the lack of general practitioners, among other things, and questions the policy of the Executive regarding Social Security and its financing.

A focus on Alès and the Cévennes and the Chac

Of course, the members of the committee pay particular attention to the Cévennes, indicating, for example, that Alès has around thirty general practitioners compared to 56 in 2020, and that in the Agglo, their number would have fallen from almost 80 to 55. Like the medical deserts, the Chac also worries them. “The sustainability of the current emergency department is not assured”, believes Jean-Marc Leyssenne, extending his concern to the entire hospital. For him, this is a “serious situation that will deteriorate with the closure of the Bonnefon emergency department on December 31”.

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