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For her first interview, the Minister of Health returned, Wednesday, May 25 on RTL, to monkeypox, the Covid crisis, but also the emergency crisis raging in the country.
Freshly appointed in place of Olivier Véran, Brigitte Bourguignon opened the interview on monkeypox: “We have five proven cases, and we are not expecting an outbreak of the disease. We take the necessary precautions. We are on the alert and are asking for recommendations from health professionals to identify and isolate cases. »
She also added that the government “follow[a] the recommendation”, which he ” [est] ready and the stocks are there” and counted on “targeted vaccination and beyond caregivers, contact cases. We will discuss it with the European partners and the situation is under control. “The virus would circulate in” physical contact, through tissues, skin. On the subject of Covid, the minister explained that “the pandemic is not behind us” and that “We must continue to protect ourselves, to get vaccinated. “For her, “there is a downward trend and people think less about going for the vaccine. In the fall we can have a small outbreak and we must continue to control this situation. »
“We have started to reinvest the hospital and the upgrading of caregivers, but that is not enough. says Brigitte Bourguignon
The emergency crisis (remuneration, medical deserts, burn-out) was also addressed. Brigitte Bourguignon declared that she “avoids anxiety-provoking words” and that “the president makes health the priority project. “She recalled that” we are emerging from a crisis which has affected caregivers and who are very tired” although “the situations are not the same throughout France. The minister has not detailed her plan for the moment, saying she wants to “build them with the people on the ground. She added: “I have fifteen days to meet them. I’m going to go to the field and I want to listen to them. Die-cut numbers don’t mean anything. We will take measures to face the summer […] We are suffering from a situation that is not new and we have started to reinvest the hospital and the upgrading of caregivers, but that is not enough. »
As for the – derisory – salaries received by the nursing staff and detailed in Paris Match, Madame Bourguignon said she did not want to get into “this kind of controversy” and criticized “people who use a deep malaise that affects the French while we let’s get out of a pandemic. She replied that the government has “upgraded all caregivers. We have invested 19 billion. It’s a massive catch-up in places where we’ve underinvested […] Settling everything by salary increases, we must go further. »
On the Damien Abad controversy? “I will not comment on that, it does not belong to me. Obviously I support women, I am one. »