A few days ago, it was alongside Thibaut Gaultier in “Le Figaro La Nuit” that
Michel Cymes
supported the #MeToo movement which is currently sweeping through the hospital environment. He notably reacted to the accusations made against Patrick Pelloux, published in a
Paris Match
investigation , whom Cymes considers a
“friend”
.
“I will absolutely not comment on what was said, on what was done or not done
,” he assures. The well-known French doctor, however, emphasizes that he has witnessed violent behavior during his career, but not in terms of sexuality.
“There are unacceptable attitudes in the services, obviously
,” he says.
“I have seen department heads who were completely temperamental, who (...) when you did not give them the right instrument in the operating room, they threw it back in your face.”
Although he has never witnessed inappropriate behavior of a sexual nature, that does not prevent the former host of “Health Magazine” from supporting free speech.
“If today there are guys who, because they are doctors or department heads, allow themselves to do this (...) we must denounce them
,” he insists.
“The hashtag #MeToo, so much the better.”
His battle with cancer
Diagnosed with cancer in 2008, Michel Cymes chose not to share his illness with the general public.
“I may have been selfish, but first I thought about my face,”
he recalls.
“At first I said to myself ‘well, you’re going to have to get through this’.”
The former surgeon also talks about his refusal to become a spokesperson for the cause, a decision linked to his patients:
“I didn't want to have booster shots every time
,” he admits.
The former doctor also talks about his reaction to the doctor who told him about his illness.
“When I was told I had cancer, I was no longer a doctor,”
reveals Michel Cymes.
“I was an average patient who collapsed, who started crying in front of the surgeon.”
Would willpower have helped him heal?, the journalist asks.
“It wasn’t willpower that allowed me to get to the right side, it was luck
,” corrects Michel Cymes, before specifying:
“The luck of having had a diagnosis at a time when the tumor was quite small so that once removed, I may be healed.”