The Saint-Pierre clinic in Perpignan will no longer be able to provide emergencies at night (from 23 p.m. to 8 a.m.), as of April 11. Only patients referred by the 15 will be treated. However, people presenting spontaneously will no longer be treated in the establishment. The shortage of doctors is at the origin of this decision.
"A cyclical obligation" according to the management of the establishment, which belongs to the Elsan group. But according to the unions, the situation is likely to persist over time. "We don't believe it at all. When we see the evolution of emergency services in France recent years, we are pessimistic, "says Brice Dubrey, nurse and CFTC staff delegate, at France Bleu Roussillon.
Meanwhile, the Perpignan agglomeration continues its population growth. 270,000 people live there, including more than 120,000 in the prefecture of Pyrénées-Orientales. The closure of the emergency room of the Saint-Pierre clinic could accelerate tensions within the Perpignan University Hospital, which is forced to absorb this flow of patients.
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