“The emergency department of the Sainte-Foy-La-Grande hospital center will close for the nights of May 12, 13 and 14, 2022, between 6:30 p.m. and 8:30 a.m.”, announced ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine in a press release, this Wednesday . Because of the difficulties in recruiting paramedical staff and in particular nurses, in this establishment in common management with the hospital of Libourne.
Teams in difficulty
“The levers usually used such as interim and the internal reorganization of services are not enough to relieve the teams in place”, notes the ARS. A closure decision to allow “continuing the care of all patients under optimal conditions of quality and safety”, continues the agency. Patient orientation carried out with the support of the Bergerac, Libourne, Marmande and Langon establishments. The SMUR (Mobile Emergency and Resuscitation Service) of the Sainte-Foy-La-Grande hospital center will be operational throughout the period.
The emergencies of Oloron, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, were closed for 24 hours this Saturday for the same lack of personnel.