Hospital crisis

In Montpellier, a 25-year-old woman died of acute meningitis despite calling the emergency services. For Dr. Jérôme Marty, this is a symptom of a public hospital and a healthcare system that are in a bad way.

Four public hospital sector unions have filed a strike notice to protest the low social security contributions (PLFSS) and the government's latest announcements regarding sick leave for civil servants.

For the first time, health has become the number one concern of the French, according to the annual report on the state of France adopted Wednesday by the Economic, Social and Environmental Council (CESE).

In Nièvre, residents are forbidden from getting sick this winter. This ban is formalized by an official decree published in some twenty municipalities in the department. While this may raise some eyebrows, elected officials primarily intend to alert the public authorities about the shortage of doctors.

Violence against general practitioners (GPs) increased further in 2023, according to the National Medical Association. Beatings, insults, theft, and vandalism: practitioners often find themselves alone, and few file complaints due to lack of time.

Access to care is increasingly deteriorating in emergency departments, particularly during the summer. This is the observation of the Samu-Urgences France collective, which is calling for the systematic implementation of regulation and a reorganization of the system.

Thirteen local elected officials from Côtes-d'Armor have been summoned to court in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine) this Thursday, September 12, for having issued municipal decrees demanding 1,000 euros per day from the State to combat medical deserts.

New Prime Minister Michel Barnier has stated that it is "possible" to make savings in the operation of public hospitals. Olivier Milleron, a cardiologist at Bichat Hospital in Paris, responded to this on RMC this Monday, September 9, emphasizing that it is essential to separate quantified objectives from the hospital's mission.

While the new Prime Minister, Michel Barnier, has promised rapid progress in rural healthcare provision, the model of health centers, which have recently multiplied, is being debated in some communities.

A decree signed on August 28 by the mayor of Digne-les-Bains (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), Patricia Granet-Brunello, formally requires the State and the Regional Health Agency (ARS) to take action to address the shortage of doctors in their area, particularly in emergency rooms. The elected official assured this Friday on RMC that "the health security of citizens is at stake."

This summer, RMC is engaging with you and checking in with listeners who contacted the editorial team. Éric, whose father was facing a shortage of medical equipment at the hospital, says today that Jacques's operation was able to take place.

Several emergency departments are forced to slow down or temporarily close to manage the influx of patients this summer. This situation is due to increased activity and staff shortages. Some are already relying on emergency medical assistance, but others will have to do so.

It's the start of the August holidays for residents, with the arrival of new tourists that isn't exactly making healthcare workers happy. In Vendée, several emergency departments have had to close due to staff shortages. And those in the region that remain open are saturated with patients.

With the massive influx of tourists and the closure of the nighttime emergency departments of two neighboring clinics, Perpignan hospital is facing a record influx of patients. For several months now, however, it has been requiring emergency services to be called before being admitted to the emergency room.

The pediatrics conference will be held this Friday, May 24, with a series of measures to be announced to help the sector get back on its feet. Some of these measures will attempt to address the shortage of speech therapists.

The Rist law, designed to limit the abuse of "mercenaries" in hospital scheduling, had a rocky start, but the situation seems to be smoothing out a year later.

A stretcher-bearer was seriously injured in Vendée this weekend. He was attacked by a patient's relative at Challans Hospital, south of Nantes, while taking a break in the hospital's parking lot. He suffered serious injuries, according to the hospital group's director.

A LR MP wants to allow those who fail the medical exam to still enter the general medicine program so that they can be forced to settle in a medical desert for ten years. But Dr. Jérôme Marty believes this solution will solve nothing.

It's an announcement that's not going down well. Olivier Véran is leaving public hospitals for the private sector. And not just any private sector, but the highly lucrative business of cosmetic medicine. However, France is short of neurologists, the former Minister of Health's specialty.

Citing poor patient reception, the mayor of Châteauroux is urging his residents to avoid the town hospital.

According to the French Hospital Federation, major surgeries, transplants and the most complex medical activities "have been well below the expected level" for several years now.

The Brittany Regional Health Agency (ARS) has given the green light for the arrival of Cuban doctors as reinforcements at the Guingamp hospital. On RMC, emergency physician Mathias Wargon points out that this arrival must be regulated, as foreign doctors are subject to refresher exams to practice in French hospitals.

RMC Investigation - Shortages and strains on medical equipment supplies at the hospital have delayed the operation of 91-year-old Jacques, who lives with a urinary catheter that needs to be changed regularly. His son is sounding the alarm.

A guest on RMC's Grandes Gueules this Friday, Health Minister Frédéric Valletoux defended the French healthcare system, which he promised to improve for the benefit of patients, while not neglecting healthcare professionals.

The family of a 61-year-old woman who died in Grasse hospital has decided to file a complaint, believing her situation was neglected. Thérèse, the deceased's sister, spoke on RMC this Thursday.

An indefinite strike begins this Thursday in the emergency department of Le Mans hospital. All departments are mobilized to denounce the staff shortage in this hospital, designed to handle 40,000 admissions per year and now at more than 65,000, with the addition of numerous psychiatric patients over the past year. Due to a lack of space elsewhere, they are filling the emergency room corridors.

The Guingamp-Paimpol (Côtes-d'Armor) urban area, a medical desert visited by the Cuban ambassador on Friday, is considering bringing in Cuban doctors for the first time.

In Toulouse, healthcare workers feel helpless after the suicide of a patient in the psychiatric emergency room at Purpan University Hospital. This latest tragedy comes after a rape and sexual assault within the facility a few days earlier.

Private physicians are very harsh on the new Health Minister, Frédéric Valletoux, who has, in the past, deplored the gap between general medicine and hospital medicine in out-of-hours care. On the set of "Grandes Gueules," physician Jérôme Marty "expects action" from the new minister.

As Prime Minister Gabriel Attal delivered his roadmap for the coming months in the health sector on Tuesday, healthcare workers are concerned about a situation they believe is no longer sustainable.

In "Apolline Matin" this Wednesday on RMC and RMC Story, the mother of Lucas, who died on a stretcher at Hyères hospital at the age of 25, asks for a response from the Minister of Health, Catherine Vautrin, on the state of emergencies in France.

University hospitals are showing worrying financial health: their deficit has tripled in 2023 compared to 2022.

Serious malfunctions have been denounced by patients at the Lons-le-Saunier hospital (Jura), with damning testimonies.

Around thirty patients at the Lons-le-Saunier hospital in the Jura region have formed a collective to raise awareness about the conditions of their stay and care at the facility.

The government has authorized foreign doctors to continue working in France. There are at least 4,000 of them in French hospitals.

Dr. Jérôme Marty, president of the UFML union and member of "Les Grandes Gueules" on RMC, denounces the absence of a separate Ministry of Health following the government reshuffle.

A patient died last week at Nantes University Hospital, on a stretcher. The news was revealed by the FO union, which is denouncing the overcrowding in emergency rooms and calling for additional staff.

The Georges-Pompidou public hospital is launching an appeal for donations to finance the purchase of a CT scanner. This practice is not new, but it has shocked medical staff. Emergency physician Patrick Pelloux says he is dismayed and believes the hospital is "doing charity."

Emergency departments are overwhelmed, as they are every winter. Professionals are calling on the government to implement "real measures."