The verbalization of doctors visiting the city is a recurring phenomenon almost everywhere in France.
The daily life of general practitioners is not always easy, because of the difficulties of parking in urban areas.
Tickets are discouraging more and more health professionals (nurses, physiotherapists, etc.) from traveling to their patients.
A doctor in Reims paid the price, Wednesday, December 16, after having parked his vehicle, in a bend, "
at the limit of parking prohibition.
The doctor published an open letter Thursday, December 17, in the daily
Union
, denouncing the lack of discernment of municipal officials.
“
Let us work with serenity because it's already complicated enough like that.
», Wrote this doctor to the town hall of Reims.
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Wednesday morning, this general practitioner goes to the home of one of his patients, rue “
des Bons Malades
”, an elderly woman with disabilities, who is receiving immunosuppressive treatment.
In the midst of a health crisis, the doctor takes maximum precautions for his most fragile patients.
He recalls in his letter addressed to the town hall of Reims the reality of his profession: “
This is simply to try to guarantee the good health of some of us, in the current sanitary conditions that you surely know.
The doctor adds in his letter to the town hall that he "
is in his 35th cumulative working hour since this Monday, December 14 in the morning
", when he intervenes with this patient.
Open letter from the Reims doctor to the town hall @ L'Union
The doctor's vehicle was parked along a sidewalk below his patient's home with the caduceus visible behind his windshield.
After having treated his patient, this doctor noted that he had been fined for having parked for a period of 15 minutes “
at the limit of the ban
”, in the street of his patient's home.
Contacted by Le
Figaro
, the town hall of Reims explained that "
to be able to benefit from free parking during consultations or home care, this doctor should have sent the paid parking service of the city of Reims a file including a certificate. professional exercise at home.
"
However, this doctor assured
Figaro that he
had already taken the steps with the town hall of Reims.
On his windshield, his “
medical professional
” parking authorization card
is clearly displayed, with his caduceus.
However, the town hall ensures that his vehicle is not listed in the registration files of health professionals working at home.
The parking fine is 135 euros.
Photo of the caduceus and the professional card of the verbalized doctor @Le Figaro
The general practitioner is also ironic in his letter about the idea that he is not doing "
tourism
" at the moment.
"
Know that our caregivers sometimes need to park as close as possible to our place of intervention (our vehicle being our work tool, where we can have useful equipment if necessary) and even without being offenders on the road, we try to respect its code by trying to do the best.
"The doctor, quite bitter after this bad experience, however wished"
a very good holiday season
"to the agents who verbalized it.
