LR senators want to say stop to generalized visitation bans, such as those that nursing homes or hospitals have decreed during the Covid-19 pandemic.
During this crisis, “
we too often locked our elders in their solitude.
We left people to die alone, far from their families, ”
regrets Bruno Retailleau, interviewed by
Le Figaro
.
The boss of senators LR will present this week a bill aiming to guarantee an almost inalienable right of visit.
In hospitals, only doctors could question it.
In nursing homes, it is a judge who could oppose it.
“During the epidemic, administrative logic crushed everything, it crushed the principles of humanity,”
said the parliamentarian from Vendée.
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The distance between the critically ill at the end of life and their families has been hard on both sides. In some nursing homes, visits are still limited, despite vaccination.
"We should not under any circumstances refuse a visit to someone who is going to die,"
pleads Bruno Retailleau.
The love of loved ones reminds the elderly that they are not just an exhausted body. It's important to bring life to the last moments.
He hopes that the measure will be unanimous, across political divisions. “
I want to start the debate. That this can not happen again
", points out Senator LR.
