Nuits blanches à  l’hôpital

“‘The real scandal isn’t the price of consultations, it’s all the shit and death.’ says Anne Solivères, a ward sister at Bligny Hospital, who has spent most of her nights for the past twenty years walking around the deserted corridors and the wards. Night is her domain and, at her side, I discovered a strange world of silence, fear and the unexpected-the hidden face of the medical profession. Coping alone with the patients while the hospital goes into standby and the doctors are sleeping, the nurses have greater responsibility, more scope of action and a surprising freedom of expression. I met men and women that were often on edge of a fit of nerves. Time seemed to be suspended and lent itself to thought and confidences.” (Carine Lefebvre-Quennell)