Par Jalel Mestiri
LChance is taking more and more place in the lives of citizens. It is thus allowed to speculate on the health of Tunisians. On their most absolute right to health. Against the backdrop of the health crisis, this right is seen today as an opportunity. In the absence of vigilance and especially in the absence of an anti-Covid policy and strategies, it is far from being an absolute priority among decision-makers. The gloomy image that the various stakeholders display is attributable to managers who do not really manage to meet their responsibilities. All the failures and failures that result from them lead us to wonder about the way in which we manage the crisis and the solutions envisaged …
The state is now faced with an unprecedented challenge: public decision-making in a context of uncertainty and confusion. What is being undertaken to varying degrees remains insufficient. The result is slow to come, much less to materialize. The management of the crisis leaves much to be desired. It is no longer reassuring. Much should change. In the choices, in the roles. This prompted the secretary general of the Ugtt to issue a distress call, warning of the negative repercussions of the spread of the pandemic and calling on the government to take urgent decisions to stop the circles of contagion.
The situation is alarming. Tunisia has indeed just recorded a number of contaminations never reached before. The latest report from the Ministry of Health indicates that 1,729 patients with Covid-19 are hospitalized in private clinics and public hospitals, including 361 in intensive care and 124 placed on artificial ventilators. With 5,534 confirmed cases and 31 deaths, the toll is accelerating, especially in the school. The example of El Menzah 6 high school is highly revealing. Out of a total of 75 tests, 47 students and faculty members tested positive.
It must be said that balance is almost impossible to maintain at all levels. This is a bogus excuse for those who seek to hide behind alibis and pretexts. Tunisia is experiencing a real health governance crisis. What is announced and claimed no longer serves as a screen to try to hide a bitter reality. Because to realize the shortcomings, we now understand the reasons that accelerated the wave of contaminations. Even more: the risks of the virus spreading have become extremely broad. This disapproves of an imperfect and defective health policy. The dysfunctions at all levels denote a poorly conceived strategy where the loopholes were numerous.
The findings we arrived at relate to unfounded actions and positions. Especially those from people who lack the courage to decide at the right time and in the right place.
Finally, passivity has the same root as fatality. Especially when the initiative is withdrawn and abandonment becomes institutional …
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