Under pressure.
Private clinics and liberal doctors "must play their part" to ensure the continuity of care "at the end of the year" alongside the public hospital which is going through a "difficult period", declared Tuesday the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran.
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"We are particularly attentive to the tensions on the emergency services, pediatrics and maternities", affirmed Mr. Véran during a speech at the show of the Hospital Federation of France (FHF).
Between the upsurge in cases of Covid-19, bronchiolitis and closed beds, the executive intends to guarantee the permanence of care, of which "the public hospital provides a significant part", but of which "the private establishments and the liberals must also take their full share ”.
"It is collectively that we will hold in the coming weeks"
The minister therefore asked the regional health agencies (ARS) "to anticipate with the Order of Physicians the organization of
(this)
permanence at the end of the year" for the liberals, as well as with private establishments , promising to "pay particular attention to it, so that everyone is mobilized".
"It is collectively that we will hold in the coming weeks", he added, recalling that the government tabled Monday an amendment to the budget of the Security providing for an extension of 1.7 billion euros, mainly intended to hospitals in order to "dispel any concerns that the State is and will be at (their) side".
