In medical deserts, some future mothers have to travel more than an hour from home for their health examinations. Opti care wants to change that by bringing medical help to them.
Pregnancy follow-up and “at home” ultrasounds
“Concretely, it is a health truck which makes it possible to offer pregnancy monitoring and ultrasounds to patients who are geographically isolated in Auvergne”, explains Isabelle Raimbault, midwife and head of the Opti’soins project.
Mélany lives in Buxieres-les-Mines. To get to Montluçon, it would take him more than 40 minutes by car: “There, I don’t stress about telling myself “I have to go to the hospital, I have to run, I lose a morning” “.
“Today, we are in 110 municipalities of intervention and we follow thirty patients, underlines Isabelle Raimbault. We started the inclusions in September and 3 babies have already been born, so it’s a great project,” adds Julie Duclos, sonographer midwife and member of the Opti’soins team.
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