There are nights on call that cannot be forgotten.
At the beginning of March 2020, Doctor Joy Mootien was called for a patient in respiratory distress.
"Has he traveled to Italy?
», Asks the resuscitator to his family.
“No, but he attended a religious rally.
»The one which will become the famous« Evangelical cluster of Mulhouse ».
A week later, the Haut-Rhin hospital is overwhelmed, 18 of its 20 medical intensive care beds are occupied by Covid patients.
Soon it will require the support of a military field hospital.
Soon, the situation in the Grand-Est will no longer be an exception.
Soon, France will experience the first confinement in its history.
It will be March 17, exactly a year ago.
Towards new restrictive measures?
Twelve months during which 91,000 lives were cut short.
Where the epidemic got tired, then perked up, boosted by the English variant.
What we imagined to be a parenthesis has settled in our daily lives, Jean Castex now speaking of "a sort of third wave.
Today, the Hexagon turns red, and the government no longer excludes new measures, or even a third putting under cover of all or - more probably - part of the country.
Covid-19: France has entered "a form of third wave", says Castex
"We will have to take new decisions in the days to come, no doubt," warned Emmanuel Macron, who consulted members of the Scientific Council on Tuesday in charge of enlightening him on the crisis.
The only breath of oxygen took lead in the wing.
AstraZeneca's vaccine, suspected of causing bleeding disorders, remains on hold in most of Europe.
Although "firmly convinced" of its benefit, the Health Agency of the Old Continent will give a more thorough opinion this Thursday.
"What France is going through, the pain of families, is frightfully brutal," resumes in Mulhouse Dr Mootien.
But this year of crisis has shown the capacity of hospitals and teams to adapt.
It is in this context of tension in health establishments, Ile-de-France in the lead, that a call for commemoration will be launched, as we reveal, this Wednesday.
A day to discuss the state of the health system each year
“We want the creation of a National Day of celebration for caregivers of the public hospital.
We will launch the first edition on March 17, 2022 ”, announces Frédéric Valletoux, the boss of the French Hospital Federation (FHF) which brings together 1,000 hospitals and 4,500 public nursing homes.
A call from the FHF, supported by the Covid-19 Ad Memoriam Institute, a memory space chaired by the anthropologist of the Scientific Council Laëtitia Atlani-Duault and whose honorary president is Jean-François Delfraissy, the leader from the same Scientific Council.
A March 17 of memory, for what?
"To promote the commitment of our caregivers, which has not been denied for a year and is left to last, details Frédéric Valletoux.
Then there is a political dimension: we want each year, on this date, to hold a debate on the state of the health system, a question that will be at the heart of the presidential campaign.
"
White blouses grind black
This Tuesday, the boss of the FHF presented his project to Emmanuel Macron who said he was "seduced by the idea".
And put on the table of the Head of State a survey that he reveals to us.
We observe that the white coats, tired and not very confident in the future, grind black.
While 46% are “completely” proud of their profession, only 12% are “completely” satisfied with their working conditions.
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“Forgetting happens quickly.
However, it is a question here of not forgetting, neither individual acts of bravery, nor the strength shown by the French health system, ”points out the anthropologist Laëtitia Atlani-Duault, whose Institute launches also a call for testimony from hospital staff.
“Keeping track of what happened is essential, it is a legacy to future generations and a way of preparing our societies in the event of a new pandemic, health or even environmental crisis.
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Clearly, do not abandon the future, even when the present (op) is pressing.
“The situation is critical, notes Frédéric Valletoux.
The Defense Council, which is due to meet this Wednesday, must not exclude the idea of territorialized reconfigurations.
We must put an end to this taboo.
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Harris Interactive survey, conducted online from March 2 to 10 among 511 hospital staff and 1,029 people from the French population.