Because they are elderly, isolated, precarious, in fragile health or unable to make an appointment online, “
the most vulnerable
” sometimes struggle to access the vaccination against Covid-19, pushing the Seine -Saint-Denis to set up tailor-made devices.
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"
We had to go to Montreuil
" where one of the 17 vaccination centers in the department is located, but there was "
no room
", slips Mohamed Madjrour, 70 years old and who suffers from health problems.
After unsuccessful calls, it was Social Security which called this inhabitant of Rosny-sous-Bois to meet with him in Bobigny, in the 18th vaccination center, opened last week.
It is dedicated to a precarious public and far from vaccination because of multiple factors.
"
The most fragile, the most precarious, the most isolated, the most vulnerable, it is those who must be sought as a priority,
" insisted Thursday, February 25 on RTL Stéphane Troussel, the socialist president of the Departmental Council.
"
In this department, we can not just be content to open centers,
" notes Aurélien Rousseau, director of the Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Ile-de-France.
He underlines that specific devices are necessary to “
reach out
” for this audience.
In a room in the center of Bobigny, six counselors make phone calls.
"
Hello, I am a CPAM advisor, would you be interested in getting vaccinated?
», They repeat, phone screwed to the ear.
Among the reasons for refusal, some say they encounter transport difficulties to get there.
So municipalities are trying to respond to this problem.
Clichy-sous-Bois has thus chartered several buses, while Bondy has sent cars to the homes of its inhabitants to take them to their meeting point.
Itinerant bus
For Nicola Lotito, 75, the prospect of the long-awaited bite is finally approaching.
"
I've been on the phone for at least three weeks, it's an answering machine, it's not even worth it
", this inhabitant of Aubervilliers despaired before getting his sesame.
He has just secured an appointment by going to the stop of a traveling truck chartered by the departmental council.
This "
Covid vaccination awareness bus
", parked in front of the town hall and a medical secretary takes care of registering volunteers in the center of Bobigny.
In Seine-Saint-Denis, 23% of people over 75 years of age or with comorbidities have been vaccinated to date, according to the latest data from the ARS Île-de-France.
