While the public hospital is "exhausted", with bed closures and professional burnout, Karine Lacombe, head of the infectious diseases department at the Paris Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris, says she is "
scared
", on
France Inter
Tuesday, November 9, faced with the lack of words from the presidential candidates on the subject of health.
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The day after the first debate between the candidates for the Congress of Republicans, Karine Lacombe expresses her incomprehension: "
What has affected the French and the world population for 18 months are health issues
," insists the doctor.
“
In the speeches of the presidential candidates, there is no word for health.
We are talking about security and immigration when what has affected us is a health problem
, ”she continues.
Indeed, for several weeks, a controversy over working conditions at the hospital has emerged, as demonstrated by an investigation by
Figaro
.
Between absenteeism, of the order of 10% on average, lack of staff to take care of patients, with 2 to 5% of vacant nursing posts, the hospital is faced with many dilemmas.
While an investigation was launched by the government to make a precise inventory, the public hospital is now out of breath.
