THE QUESTION.
The deputies took up the question of the management of private nursing homes following the publication of the book
Les Fossoyeurs,
by Victor Castanet.
The author, who denounces cases of abuse, rationing and negligence observed in establishments of the Orpea group, was heard on Wednesday February 9 by the Social Affairs Committee of the National Assembly.
During this exchange, the deputy (LREM) of the Rhône Jean-Louis Touraine also addressed the question of the management of the management of the health crisis in these establishments.
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Mortality due to covid-19 has been observed as significantly higher in private establishments than in public establishments
”, underlined the elected official, also vice-president of the French Hospital Federation (FHF).
The deputy invoked on this occasion figures calculated by his organization: “
we could have had in our country 12,000 fewer deaths in nursing homes if the private system adopted the same rules…
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