2023-06-28 11:04:00
The voice was rather shy, the habit of walking on the sidewalks perceptible despite the presence of the police and the authorization to invest the roads. This Wednesday, general practitioners did not have any other choice to demonstrate to defend their profession and, above all, the quality of care provided to patients. Their main request? The restoration of selective sorting in the deep night.
Very concretely, between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m., the general practitioners on duty have so far only been called by 1733 (on-call number) in only four cases: a bedridden patient, a patient in rest and care home, a palliative patient or a death certificate. Serious reasons were referred to the SAMU by 1733, less urgent reasons waited until the next morning.
General practitioners demonstrated in Mons on Wednesday to defend the quality of health care. ©EB
Ensure a working day, a night call and continue with new consultations
“Today, we have to respond to bobology, even at night,” regrets Loïc Flamant, vice-president of the Assembly of General Practitioners of Mons (AMGM). “We have to live complicated nights, where we are constantly awake when it is not justified and the next day, we must indeed ensure our consultations.” Sleepless nights which will weigh a little more on the fatigue of doctors and which raise questions.
“We don’t want general medicine to be considered a night and day. Everyone has already had an all-nighter. The next day, we are rarely in good shape: exhaustion, irritability, lack of discernment,… It is the health of patients and the quality of care that are called into question with these changes”, adds Alyssa Provensano, general practitioner and member of the AMGM.
No consultation with the sector
Changes that have also been considered without any consultation with the sector. “We change a system that works, for no valid reason. Is it added value for patients? We do not think so.” The demonstrators also denounce the interference of the federal government in the organization of general medicine posts, likely to also open on weekdays.
General practitioners demonstrated in Mons on Wednesday to defend the quality of health care. ©EB
”This means that we will have to stop our consultations to provide on-call duty at the general medicine station from 6 p.m. What will happen ? This upsets our organization but above all, we risk finding our patients in these guard posts rather than in our offices. It doesn’t make sense, it’s the snake biting its own tail.”
Departing from Vaux-Hall, they were therefore between 80 and 90 according to the police to take the direction of the main square of Mons. After passing through the general medicine post of Ambroise Paré, Saint-Joseph or even the Seniorissim nursing and care home, a delegation was received by the mayor of Mons, Nicolas Martin (PS), visibly sensitive to the concerns expressed by a sector in short supply and already under pressure.
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