Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, November 2 to a delegation of emergency workers the extension "
from January
" in about twenty territories of "
access to care services
", these
patient
guidance platforms promised for a year to relieve congestion hospitals, said the Elysee.
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As the resuscitation services approach saturation, the President of the Republic received a delegation of emergency workers on Monday at noon led by François Braun, president of the Samu-Urgences union in France.
If the Head of State first "
assured them of all his support and that of the Nation
" to "
face the rise of the second wave
" of Covid-19, "
the bulk of the exchange has focused on the deployment of territorial healthcare access service projects
”(SAS), the Élysée said.
A service to relieve emergencies
Announced in September 2019, in the midst of an emergency crisis, by the former Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn, these services must direct patients 24 hours a day, online or by telephone, to a consultation in town, a teleconsultation, or emergencies, possibly by sending an ambulance.
With a budget of 360 million euros, the SAS should initially be operational "
in the summer of 2020
".
They could lead to unified call numbers.
But the schedule had fallen behind even before the outbreak of the coronavirus, due in particular to reluctance around the creation of a single number instead of the existing lines (15, 18, 112, 116-117 ...) .
"
The Ministry of Health has received territorial projects, of which around twenty will be supported at the national level from January 2021
", explained the Élysée.
The Head of State "
recalled his attachment to the voluntary deployment (of these) projects, which he hopes to see developed throughout the year 2021 to cover the territory
".
Despite the health crisis, "
it is the right time
", said Braun, assuring that these SAS "
will be able to be set up very quickly
", with the experience gained during the first epidemic wave.
"
We had done it a bit by forced march in the spring
", now we must "
perpetuate what worked
", he said, relieved to "
move very quickly to practical work
".
