The assassination of a psychiatrist in session shocks Guadeloupe and revives the topic of the safety of caregivers | EUROtoday

The shutters are closed, the middle has not reopened its doorways on Friday December 5. Only a small bouquet of purple bougainvillea, hanging from the deal with of the outside gate, appears to bear witness to the drama that befell there, Monday 1^er December.

In the medical-psychological middle (CMP) of Gosier, a city within the south of Guadeloupe, in Grande-Terre, a psychiatrist died from stabbings by one among his sufferers on the finish of a session.

“It’s hard to believe, such an event here”assures Sylvio A. (the primary title has been modified at his request), nonagenarian and resident of this district near the city middle. He testifies to his incomprehension within the face of the tragedy which shakes the road, busy however calm, bordered at its two ends by a nursery and the town cemetery.

Monday 1^er December, Doctor Jean-Michel Gal was fatally stabbed by one among his sufferers. This physician had been identified for a number of years within the area, offering psychiatric care, notably on the CMP du Gosier.

“He treated hundreds of Guadeloupean patients with remarkable commitment and great clinical skill. His kindness, his proximity to the healthcare teams, his attentive listening to patients and their families, as well as his determination to help them, were unanimously recognized and praised. His death leaves a huge void within our establishment”wrote in a press launch, Ida Jhigai, director of the general public psychological well being institution (EPSM) of Guadeloupe, as showers of tribute fell from all medical professions within the archipelago and past.

“We are very shaken”summarizes Frédérique Dulorme, pediatrician, president of the Regional Union of Liberal Physicians (URPS) of Guadeloupe for liberal docs. “We say to ourselves that it could happen to any of us”she worries, pointing to a sense of accelerating frequency of bodily and verbal assaults. “ Last March, we rapidly surveyed our members about this violence », She specifies, indicating excessive figures: out of 100 responses, 84 had been optimistic on verbal assaults, 48 ​​on bodily ones.

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