The union of emergency physicians chaired by François Braun before entering the government will identify “
unexpected deaths
” in the emergency room from Thursday, December 1, to protest against the maintenance of closed beds, he announced Wednesday, November 30.
“
With the closure of very many beds in our establishments
”, the capacity of hospital services “
is bloodless
”, is alarmed in a press release Samu-Urgences de France (SUdF), chaired by François Braun between 2014 and his appointment to the Ministry of Health last July.
“No-bed challenge”
This union had launched in 2018 a “
No bed challenge
” counting each morning the number of patients who had spent the night on a stretcher in the emergency room.
But this count "
no longer moves anyone
", regrets the new president of the SUdF, Marc Noizet, while "
the mortality of patients staying in our corridors is multiplied by three
".
This is why the organization has decided to launch a new collection, the "
No dead challenge
", from Thursday, December 1st.
"
Like a calendar, we are going to identify unexpected deaths every day, in all emergency structures
", specifies Dr Noizet, who speaks of a "
calendar ahead
"... “
before it explodes
”.
“The situation has not improved”
Filtered access, increased night hours, use of private nurses: most of the measures of the "
flash mission
" on hospital emergencies, implemented during the summer, received a thumbs up from the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs ( Igas) at the beginning of the week.
But "
despite the hope aroused
" by this mission, "
the situation has not improved, quite the contrary
", accuses Samu-Emergencies of France.
The union hopes that its count will constitute a "
new indicator of dangerousness
" allowing "
an awareness of the need for deep action
", in order to "
restore decent and safe conditions of care
".