Doctor Pierre-Yves Merlet received the knight's insignia of the National Order of Merit, thus rewarding his commitment after the passage of Hurricane Irma.
Doctor Merlet was on the ground at the wheel of his car as soon as the cyclone passed to help the population who could not move. In addition, his office had been damaged, which had forced him to carry out his consultations in a tent in the parking lot of the Sandy Ground cultural center. He returned to his office in the Lagune building at Nettle Bay a few days ago.
In January an online petition was organized for him to be rewarded. It had collected 6 signatures.
The insignia ceremony took place on Saturday morning during which the insignia of the officer of the legion of honor were presented to the prefect Anne Laubiès, those of knight of the order of merit to Jean-Luc Deras (PAF ), Ludovic Durand (doctor) and Cléo Gumbs (firefighter). The gendarmerie medal was also awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sébastien Manzoni. (more details on www.soualigapost.com)
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