Question 2291 — health establishments

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Mr. Raphaël Arnault alerts the Minister of Health and Access to Care to the extremely worrying situation in operating theaters in France. The competition between public and private hospitals creates dramatic situations. The race to provide care, the multiplication of operations and fee-for-service pricing are putting hospitals and their staff in danger. A hospital is not a business like any other, it fulfills a essential public service mission: caring for the population. Caregivers are human beings, not machines. They must be treated with respect. In Avignon, 80 of the 120 operating theater staff exercised their right to withdraw in the face of working conditions that jeopardized their health and safety. The hospital hires temporary staff who do not have the required qualifications, whether for cleaning the blocks or even among the caregivers. Broken machines, including the hoof cleaner, which leaves staff exposed to bodily fluids (blood, urine). An overloaded department, in which patients are piled up. The danger is real and has been recognized by occupational medicine. And this situation is not isolated: in other hospitals such as those of Clermont-Ferrand or Nice, the conditions are similar. The MP personally spoke with the director of the CHA, in the presence of union representatives. The discussion perfectly illustrated the observation made above: neo-liberal and authoritarian management of public hospitals, without taking into account the well-being of nursing staff. Also, in view of this particularly worrying situation in the public hospital, he would like to know the measures that the The government intends to ensure that the public health service no longer endangers the workers who care for the population there.

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1. 26 November 2024

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