“ We, women and men of the health, social, welfare and research professions, wish to make the President of the Republic and his government face their immense responsibility “. It is with these words that more than 5,000 health workers have, in an article published on The worlddenounced the immigration law, adopted on December 19 by Parliament.
This group of signatories, made up of general practitioners, immunologists (including Françoise Barré-SinoussiNobel Prize winner for Medicine 2008), infectious disease specialists, psychiatrists and even nurses, wish to alert the government to the health and social consequences of this law.
A law that will increase infant mortality
According to them, this law “ seriously calls into question our humanist healthcare model “, which allows us to offer healthcare to everyone, regardless of their origin. “ What kind of society do we want to live in? A society that puts the health and rights of the most vulnerable at risk? “, they assert.
Because for these healthcare workers the consequences of this law will be disastrous, especially for children. The abolition of family allowances for foreigners living in France for less than five years or restrictions on housing assistance for the unemployed will only increase infant mortality in France, ” which has already increased in the last ten years in France and has become higher than that of our European neighbors, mainly due to social inequalities”they remember.
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In addition to the consequences for minors, the immigration law risks causing an increase in health emergencies, but also favoring” spread of infectious diseases, endangering public health as a whole », they invoke. Before we go any further: “ health is a universal right, regardless of administrative status “.
They also point out that 25% of doctors working in hospitals have obtained diplomas outside the European Union. They ask themselves: ” How can we humanly understand that we attract doctors to France at the expense of their countries of origin, refusing to treat patients from these same countries? »
They ask ” solemnly ” has Emmanuel Macron not to promulgate this law”, in accordance with France’s international commitments on human rights and public health “.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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