"
Good evening, the doctor's office will be closed from September 15, 2021 due to my refusal to be vaccinated
".
On the answering machine of Christine Hochard, the only doctor in Île-aux-Moines, a small island of 610 inhabitants in the Gulf of Morbihan, a trembling and sad voice announces the news to its patients.
Since September 15, in fact, caregivers who refuse vaccination have been suspended.
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“
The health authorities forbid me to exercise,
continues Ms. Hochard,
I am one of the 300,000 French health professionals who refuse to give in to the blackmail of vaccination.
It is with a heavy heart and with a lot of pain that I am obliged to close
”.
The doctor assures us that she is not anti-vaccine.
“
I don't forbid anyone to get vaccinated.
Except that, I can't.
It's my body that says no,
”she explains on her answering machine.
Christine Hauchard arrived on the island in October 2020. For almost a year, the town hall had struggled to find a replacement for the previous doctor, who retired at the same time.
On BFMTV, Philippe Le Berigot, the mayor of the island, expressed concern: "
an island without a doctor is an island that scares us
," he said. “
Emergencies, we know how to manage them. But what's missing is the family doctor who follows patients every day
"
,
ahead of the mayor, who said that if the island of 610 year round residents, the population increased tenfold in the summer. In addition to the doctor, four volunteer firefighters were also suspended for lack of vaccine.
