Faced with medical deserts, local elected officials are committed to regulating the establishment of doctors

For several years, local elected officials have been concerned about this: they are on the front lines facing the dismay of their fellow citizens experiencing difficulties accessing care, but find themselves largely powerless over this health responsibility that is beyond their control. Many of them no longer hesitate to call for more radical measures: in a text published in La Tribune Dimanche on May 4, 1,500 expressed their support for the bill proposed by the Socialist MP for Mayenne, Guillaume Garot, aimed at combating medical deserts.

The legislative proposal, which will resume consideration in the Assembly on May 6, includes a inflammatory measure, hated by doctors: the establishment of regulations for the establishment of professionals in the territory (arrival conditional on departure from an over-supplied area). "As elected officials in the field, committed to the Republican promise of health for all, we call on all deputies to vote for this essential law," they urge. "There is no "miracle solution," especially since our medical demographics will continue to deteriorate until 2030. This is why we have a duty to act, with all the levers at our disposal," they argue.

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