Question 12259 — health professions

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Ms. Clémentine Autain alerts the Secretary of State to the Prime Minister, responsible for equality between women and men, about the gradual closure of small maternity wards which complicates access to hospital care for women. Local maternity wards are closing one after the other. In the summer of 2018, it was the staff of the Blanc hospital in Indre who were mobilized to defend the maintenance of maternity within the establishment. This example illustrates the phenomenon of medical desertification at work throughout the national territory and which particularly affects rural and peripheral towns of large metropolises already seriously lacking in healthcare services. Seeing the number of births falling, small maternity wards become loss-making and end up closing their services, sending patients to larger hospital centers. large but also more congested. The right to health cannot be called into question by public service profitability objectives. Without additional resources, these hospital groups are faced with an increase in the number of deliveries. Patients have to travel greater distances to get there. In the event of an emergency, this concentration of pick-up locations can be disastrous. She asks it to detail the means envisaged to ensure a strong territorial network and ensure equal access to care for pregnant women throughout the territory.

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