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Shortage of doctors: two female general practitioners tell their daily life

2020-10-25T07:59:45.913Z


Between organizational concerns and passion for their profession, two young general practitioners describe their relationship with patients, their colleagues


Graduated in 2015, Stéphanie Liu, 35, applied for her general practitioner license in Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) five years ago.

Sonia Djabella, she is 33 years old and opened a practice in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis) in January 2020, after three years of replacements.

Two young general practitioners who say they “love” their job.

“Touching all the specialties, helping people, supporting them in certain moments of life… it's rewarding”, they summarize.

But their daily lives are sometimes heavy to bear.

Stéphanie Liu took over the practice of a retiree.

"I tried to recruit a collaborator, but with young doctors, it does not work," she says.

At each interview they start with: "

No question of working from 8 am to 8 pm, working on Saturday mornings, home visits…

".

However, Stéphanie has done things well to preserve the medical time of the practice: she has subscribed to a telephone secretary, is registered on Doctolib, uses a company for cleaning ... "The ideal would be to have a secretary full-time, like specialists, but it costs an arm and a leg: 3,000 euros per month, I can't!

"

To organize herself, she has simplified her administrative work and only receives by appointment, keeping time slots for emergencies that she opens day to day.

“It allows me to manage my time, to be able to take care of my children.

This is also why I chose the liberal exercise.

”An organization which obliges her to no longer take new patients as an attending physician (she has 1,200).

“I want to be available to receive my patients within a reasonable time: one week maximum.

"

Coming from a very modest background, with around 6,500 euros per month, she considers herself "well paid", but, "at the hourly rate, it's less than the father of my children, a bank employee!"

Another downside: the comparison with his fellow specialists, who earn up to three times as much.

“It bothers me because we work a lot.

And in the minds of people, that makes the GP a sub-doctor.

"

Finally, Stéphanie Liu is worried about a new trend: “People have become totally impatient, sometimes violent.

And more and more litigious, filing complaints about everything, as if we were infallible.

It is another obstacle to the installation in liberal.

"

Overloaded with patients

In Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), Sonia Djabella shares many of these observations.

It took a year to install.

“I asked the town hall for help to find a place: nothing.

Surprising, because the town saw five retired general practitioners leave at the same time.

And if Sonia appreciates the financial assistance of the Health Insurance, “she arrived well after…” An interlocutor whom she also regrets “the lack of availability”.

Finally installed in January in a group practice, Sonia's life immediately accelerated with the arrival of the Covid-19.

“We were scared, we were poorly informed, without protection, but we started to work, Saturdays, Sundays… It didn't stop.

And no official recognition!

We could have managed more infected patients at home, but the hospital does not share while it lacks resources.

"

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Sonia has chosen to be a liberal general practitioner, "because it's very rich and I can organize myself".

She says she is satisfied with her remuneration, "around 6,000 euros", but she was not prepared "for so much paperwork" and the effects of the lack of practitioners: "Every day we have to make up for the shortage of doctors. is exhausting.

In fact, in his office, you sometimes have to wait a month for an appointment.

Sonia works from 10 am to 6 pm: “I see 30 patients a day,” she says.

Some mornings I arrive tired.

At some point, you have to know when to stop, I won't sacrifice myself like the old ones!

"

Source: leparis

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