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"Doctors' malaise"

2023-01-05T18:29:41.982Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Yves Thréard When you know the price of the intervention of a plumber or a locksmith, you say to yourself that a consultation at 25 euros with a general practitioner is actually not expensive to pay. Angry and in the street, the profession demands that it be increased to 50 euros, or double. A shock claim, certainly understandable, but which has the fault of caricature and of masking an even deeper malaise. T


When you know the price of the intervention of a plumber or a locksmith, you say to yourself that a consultation at 25 euros with a general practitioner is actually not expensive to pay.

Angry and in the street, the profession demands that it be increased to 50 euros, or double.

A shock claim, certainly understandable, but which has the fault of caricature and of masking an even deeper malaise.

The ill-being of city practitioners does not come only from their income.

Moreover, these are not limited to the basic price of the consultation and are rather in line with the European average.

Bureaucratic red tape, the shortage of professionals, their personal aspirations - which are no longer those of the good old country doctor - are also in question.

In other words, today's doctors are fed up with the stethoscope!

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This crisis is all the more worrying as it comes on top of all those – already numerous – of our health system that is out of breath.

Medical deserts, hospitals…

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Source: lefigaro

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