In the grip of major management and management concerns, the Toulouse establishment has elected a new board of directors which promises to calm the social climate.
It is in a laconic statement that the management of the Joseph-Ducuing hospital announced on Monday the resignation of its board of directors and the election of a new office which was formalized on January 6. A response to the serious management and management crisis facing the establishment in rue de Varsovie, in the Saint-Cyprien district, which led to the closure of the internal care service in December. The board of directors of the Association of Friends of Social Medicine (AMS), owner and manager of the hospital and the EHPAD-Résidence des Tilleuls unanimously elected a new president Claudine Regourd at the head of ‘a partly renewed team.
“This new team succeeds the one previously led by Michel Roumy, who chaired
AMS for more than 37 years and who wanted to take a well-deserved retirement as a volunteer, ”the statement said. For the management of the Ducuing hospital, the internal crisis experienced by this historic Toulouse institution, created by the anti-Franco diaspora on a cooperative basis, must be put into perspective with the national crisis of the hospital system and the health system, which has ” obviously repercussions “. The new president and her office clearly state their priorities, starting, immediately, with the reconstruction of the internal medicine department
“Temporarily closed following the departure of four doctors”, and the consolidation of the emergency department, also very poorly.
“The essential return to financial equilibrium”
“Our board of directors also has the political will to maintain and develop its three flagship services, which are medicine, surgery and obstetrics (MCO), by relying on the establishment project and the service projects of the ‘Hospital developed with the medical, paramedical and administrative staff concerned,’ the statement said. The new office has also set itself the mission of working on “the essential return to the financial equilibrium of the Hospital” and the maintenance of this balance for the Résidence des Tilleuls. Will these announcements be able to resolve the deep malaise which has been plaguing the establishment for many months and renewing the dialogue between management and medical teams? “We will be very attentive to subjects related to the social climate and will take the necessary decisions to keep this commitment”, assures the board of directors. “For meet these challenges, ensure quality medicine for all, without exceeding fees, we know we can count on the professionalism and collective involvement of staff and the confidence of patients. The future of the hospital and its employees is the concern of all members of the Association of Friends of Social Medicine ”.
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