Violaine encourages people to challenge healthcare providers giving inappropriate advice.
Transcript
Il faut être capable de défier un peu les gens qui vont nous donner actuellement de mauvais conseils puis aller vers ce qui peut nous sauver là. Parce qu’il y a des choses actuellement qu’on risque de faire, puis qui peuvent vraiment nous nuire à long terme. Donc quel scandale, les médecins qui renvoient au travail des femmes qui ne sont pas capables d’y aller, c’est un scandale, parce qu’ils risquent de, c’est ça, de les handicaper à vie! Comment on peut faire ça à des gens? Comment on peut faire ça? Que d’ignorance! Voilà! Donc j’ai le goût de dire à ces femmes-là, bien faites-vous passer avant l’avis de votre médecin.
[You have to be able to challenge the people who are currently giving you bad advice and then go for what can save you. Because there are things that we are currently at risk of doing that can really harm us in the long run. What a scandal, doctors who send women back to work who are not able to go to work. It’s a scandal, because they risk handicapping them for life! How can you do that to people? How can we do that? Such ignorance! So I want to say to these women, put yourself before the opinion of your doctor.] Translation from original French.
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