Emmanuel Macron will receive a delegation of pediatric professionals late Friday morning, overwhelmed by an epidemic of bronchiolitis and a crisis in the health system.
In particular, pediatricians, child nurses and pediatric nephrologists will be present, as well as the Minister of Health François Braun, said the Elysée.
"
The objective is above all and above all to listen to them
", underlined the presidency.
A delegation has already been received by the president's health adviser, Katia Julienne, and by François Braun.
But the head of state wanted to meet the representatives of the pediatric world "
at this particular moment for them
", underlined the Elysée.
He will remind them of his desire to engage in “
in-depth work on the organization of pediatrics and child health
” via the assizes of pediatrics.
A service “in the process of cracking”
The Minister of Health reported on Thursday evening of a “
critical situation in the health system
” due to the triple winter epidemic of Covid-19, bronchiolitis and influenza.
Bronchiolitis has reached record levels for over a decade in infants despite a recent lull.
Doctors' organizations and patient associations gathered within the Pediatrics Collective have repeatedly protested against the President's lack of response to the "
wrecking
" of the sector.
A group of more than 5,000 doctors, caregivers and hospital workers also called on the executive on Wednesday to act "
urgently
" in the face of a public hospital "
in the process of cracking and soon to collapse
", incapable according to them "
to cushion the slightest health crisis
”.
