Frédéric Valletoux is president of the Federation of Hospitals of France (FHF), which represents more than 1,000 hospitals and around 3,800 public medico-social establishments.
LE FIGARO. - You are calling for help. Have we reached the edge of capacity?
Frédéric VALLETOUX. - We're on the verge of drowning, we're losing ground. Two regions are in very great difficulty, the Grand Est and the Île-de-France where hospital workers are in great pain. We have to change the scale and take much more radical measures. After the director of ARS Île-de-France yesterday, I in turn launch an appeal. One or two TGV medicalized per week, this is no longer suitable. If the strategy is to extract patients, then it is necessary to amplify transfers, and organize much more massive transport to regional or European capitals.
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