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Medical deserts: Sartrouville has three gynecologists ... for 52,000 inhabitants

2021-03-07T13:55:48.135Z


In the Yvelines, around 23% of practicing liberal doctors are over 65 years old. However, it is already difficult to make an appointment at


“To find a new specialist doctor, we are generally referred to Maisons-Laffitte, or Saint-Germain-en-Laye.

»Catherine, 54, resident of Sartrouville, is worried about the retirement in December 2021 of her gynecologist, Doctor Nervile.

Followed by this specialist since 1989, she has not yet found a replacement.

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In the Yvelines, around 23% of practicing liberal doctors are over 65 years old.

As the average retirement age in this profession is 67, a wave of departures is expected in the coming years.

However, the absence of specialists in certain areas is already a problem for many inhabitants.

"I have no young doctor in the area"

“We were five gynecologists in Sartrouville when I arrived, there will only be two left next year.

Nadine Nervile, an independent gynecologist based in Sartrouville since 1992, follows 5,200 patients.

At 65, she is the last sector 1 specialist in the second most populous city of Yvelines with 52,000 inhabitants, not counting the municipal health center.

“Being a liberal doctor is too time-consuming for newcomers, and sector 1 does not interest them.

Too little profit according to her.

For the gynecologist, Sartrouville also suffers from a bad image, a possible obstacle to the installation of young doctors, in particular because of tensions in the district of the Indies.

“While it is a city with a high turnover, attractive to young people, thanks to its affordable real estate and its proximity to Paris.

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Nadine Nervile also justifies the lack of specialists in the area by the national closure for ten years of medical gynecology training in 1987, as part of a European directive: “I have no young doctor in the Sartrouville area, in who I trust, to pass on my customers.

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For lack of appointments, patients go to Paris

Aged on average between 30 and 40 years old, his patients also come from neighboring towns.

The retirement of the gynecologist poses above all a mobility problem: "The journey to Saint-Germain-en-Laye is complicated, there is no public transport, no parking space", underlines Catherine.

To get there, it takes forty-five minutes by bus.

“I went to Châtelet faster!

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Paula, 25, resident of Cormeilles-en-Parisis (Val-d'Oise), is ready to pay the price if necessary: ​​“I have not yet found a replacement doctor, but I am ready to pay. a higher rate to stay near my home.

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Other residents have long since opted to be followed by gynecologists in Paris.

Like Émilia, 50 years old: “Two weeks ago, I needed an appointment.

Impossible to find any in Sartrouville.

A member of my family pointed out to me a practitioner in Paris.

Since then, I have stayed with him, the journey is not a problem for me.

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For elected officials, the challenge is to find suitable premises

For elected officials, the challenge is to find suitable premises "Today, no doctor who retires can find a replacement who wishes to take over his premises," notes Pierre Fond (LR), mayor of Sartrouville.

Often, these are no longer up to standard.

Even if the general medical situation of the city is not critical, there is still a lack of specialists in pediatrics and psychiatry, in addition to gynecology.

Several initiatives have been undertaken to remedy this, such as the creation a year ago by the Health Office of a pole pooling several liberal medical professions: "The goal is to create suitable premises, up to standards, accessible, where several practitioners can pool. their costs.

We will see the results in five to six years.

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According to the regional union of health professionals, Yvelines is the second department, after Val-d'Oise, to count the most projects of collective exercise structures of medical activity over three years.

These twenty-three projects are funded by health professionals, social landlords or even the municipalities.

Source: leparis

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