Question 15230 — medicine

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Ms. Soumya Bourouaha draws the attention of the Minister of Health, Families, Autonomy and People with Disabilities to women's health and their access to medical gynecology, marked by the reduction in the number of intern positions and a continued deterioration in access to care for women. While the medical specialty of gynecology was suppressed for seventeen years, before being reestablished in 2003, policies public policies carried out until recently aimed to compensate for this delay by maintaining a sufficient level of training. However, a worrying shift has been observed since 2024. In fact, the number of intern positions allocated to this specialty has fallen from 91 in 2023 to 79 in 2024. This drop was initially expected to be offset in 2025. Ultimately, only 80 positions were allocated, confirming a lack of catch-up and leading to stagnation at an insufficient level. According to the information communicated, in July 2025, medical gynecology would no longer be a priority in the distribution of intern positions. This development marks a change from previous decisions and risks slowing down the development of this essential specialty. This decision comes in a context of serious shortage of medical demographics. While we had 1,945 medical gynecologists in practice in 2007, there would be only 867 in 2025, or less 1,078 gynecologists for approximately 34 million women. Furthermore, several departments no longer have a medical gynecologist, accentuating inequality in access to care. The consequences of this shortage are already having serious consequences: extension of consultation times, delays in diagnosis, loss of opportunities, follow-up after cancer increasingly impossible, multiplication of sexually transmitted infections and in certain cases refusal of follow-up and care. Under these conditions, this reduction in the number of positions appears to contradict public health needs and the objectives of equal access to care. Therefore, she wishes to know the measures that the Government intends to implement in order to significantly increase the number of intern positions in medical gynecology, to guarantee the reconstruction of this specialty and to ensure that all women have effective access to appropriate gynecological follow-up throughout the territory.

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1. 19 May 2026

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