In Guadeloupe, a white march and requires extra safety after the assassination of a psychiatrist | EUROtoday

A collective bringing collectively round 100 well being professionals marched in Guadeloupe, Friday December 12, in tribute to Jean-Michel Gal, a psychiatrist murdered by a affected person initially of December on the Gosier medical-psychological heart, on the island of Grande-Terre, the place he officiated.

Dressed totally in white, these nurses, docs and well being executives marched between Pointe-à-Pitre and Les Abymes, demanding “more means” to struggle “against insecurity” in psychiatry.

“We miss him terribly. I am angry at everything, this person who made the gesture, and this feeling of insecurity that we experience”breathes, his voice filled with feelings, Jean-Pierre Baral, 60 years outdated, intra-hospital nurse in the identical sector as Doctor Gal, whose reminiscence he salutes, has a journalist from Agence France-Presse (AFP).

The psychiatrist, aged 67, died of stab wounds from certainly one of his sufferers, aged 48, on the finish of a session.

Under the solar then the rain, Christelle Antoine, in her fifties, parades a yellow signal round her neck, on which is written: “Your well-being our mission” and “Work safely!! Sé sa nou Vlé!! [C’est ce que nous voulons] » in Creole. “The situation is getting worse”explains this skilled who has been practising for twenty-one years and who asks “of the world” And “material” to work.

Working situations denounced by caregivers

Jimmy Louis, a 46-year-old nurse within the cell de-escalation staff, particularly hopes that “this tragedy is not an isolated event, there is a before and an after”.

“There is a big issue around extra-hospital care, because the medical-psychological centers are not necessarily in suitable premises, because they are in individual homes”notes Mr. Louis whereas a number of caregivers emphasize “the absence of emergency exits” in places of work, “corridors too narrow” making a “too close proximity to difficult patients”.

Hospital service agent, Hermin Hubert, 41 years outdated, got here “to support [les] colleagues of the CMP du Gosier, in this tragedy because they are seriously affected”. Several of them have been on website on the time of the incident and haven’t returned to work since.

“We all have workplace safety problems to some extent”for her half declared Anne Poulichet, a 51-year-old pediatrician, “very touched”coming “out of solidarity”.

At the tip of the march, a delegation of 5 individuals was acquired on the Regional Health Agency (ARS) in Les Abymes to “ask to be associated with the work in progress”reported Christelle Antoine to AFP, after this assembly.