2023-11-01 05:45:00
NARRATIVE – Available on September 15 in pharmacies, this preventive treatment against serious forms of bronchiolitis in babies was out of stock after a week, forcing health authorities to review their strategy.
«Hello, Madam? There is a new vaccine against bronchiolitis . The doctor gave you a prescription, you can come pick it up!» At the other end of the phone, this September 15, Noémie, mother of a five-month-old little girl in the Paris region, is a bit annoyed: her new pediatrician has already spoken to her – insistently – about this new vaccine during previous consultations. But so be it. A week later, she decided to go to the local pharmacy, prescription in hand. In vain : “Sorry Madam, we are out of stock. Can I add you to the waiting list?“. Noémie agrees, worried when she sees her daughter’s first name added after a good dozen other children’s first names, also waiting for their dose of Beyfortus, a preventive treatment – and not a vaccine – against bronchiolitis. Nearly three weeks later, the pharmacy still hasn’t called her back.
Magali is far from being the only one in this situation. Manon, 24, is the mother of…
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