While having an appointment for examinations at a private clinic, a patient could not be examined because she did not have a health pass. However, such a measure is not yet applicable.
On social networks, the video of a paramedic has been circulating for several days. Dressed in a gown and a mask, driving his vehicle, he explains: “I am a paramedic and today we dropped off a patient in a private clinic for a heart exam. A small exam she was refused. [au] one and only reason that this lady could not present a health pass. “” So today, we sit on the Hippocratic Oath, we also sit on the freedom of access to care. It is unacceptable !”, he adds.
The Fake Off section of 20 minutes was interested in this video, and it tells many proven facts. The news site contacted the ambulance company listed on this paramedic’s gown, and confirmed that it was one of its employees. “I asked if he was the author and he confirmed it to me. It is very good that he posts things like that, so that people see the reality on the ground: he took well. this lady in a clinic, where she was refused “, explains a representative of the company. However, the health pass is not currently required to access a health establishment. According to the latest government forecasts, he cannot be requested to enter a hospital until August 9, except for emergencies where he will not be required. The refusal to take charge of this patient is therefore not in accordance with the law.
“We had to bring back [la patiente] at home, which costs Social Security for nothing and makes us go back and forth unnecessarily. The problem will appear more and more regularly “ after applying the health pass to access hospitals, adds the ambulance company. The Secretary General of the National Chamber of Ambulance Services (CNSA), Guillaume Narguet, confirms to 20 minutes : “This problematic situation has already arisen in certain territories, and soon in the Grand Est where the ARS requires hospitals, from August 1, to place a security guard at the entrance of the establishment to check the passes. health while the law has not yet been promulgated “.
According to him, “this situation and this vagueness are problematic: how to ensure the programmed transport of a patient – a monthly dialysis, for example – if he does not have a sanitary pass and he is turned away at the entrance of the hospital? Will the Health Insurance cover the return journey in this case? “. The CNSA is therefore awaiting clarification from the Ministry of Health and Solidarity regarding the extension of the health pass.