Five women posing nude, from behind, with a slogan written on their skin “Do we have to get naked for you to take an interest in us?” : here is the photo which illustrates the calendar produced by a group of nurses and paramedical staff from the Pontoise hospital center (Val d’Oise). A photo made to attract the eye of course. But also and above all to challenge as many people as possible about their working conditions and the growing difficulties of their profession.
“It happened spontaneously. The agents see us in the services. They realize that the working conditions are more and more difficult” Explain in Francetvinfo Anne-Marie Hoarau, night medical resuscitation nurse and treasurer at Unsa-Santé, the union that markets the calendar.
Each month of the calendar is illustrated with another shocking photo. In April, an infusion connected to a coffee maker was placed on the forearm of a staff member in a state of extreme fatigue. In July, a patient is examined with a children’s stethoscope, a symbol of budget cuts in hospitals.
“On Pontoise, we are clearly told: ‘Either you go back on your advantages, or 120 positions are disappearing’. This is not admissible. This is why today, it is a whole hospital who resists “ adds the general secretary of the union.
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