Two thirds of the affected clinics, several thousand demonstrators in the street, surgeons and interns wanted to defend their conditions of practice on Monday.
The soothing last-minute declarations of Marisol Touraine did nothing, several thousand interns and heads of clinics from all over France invaded this Monday in Paris. In close ranks, the future doctors denounced their working condition and expressed their concerns for the future. 15 to 17% of CHU interns have stopped work, according to the Ministry of Health.
Interminable night guards without security rest, insufficient remuneration, the “baby-losers” consider themselves discredited by the public authorities. Like their liberal elders, they reject the recently signed agreement which limits the amount of excess fees to 150% of the social security tariff. With the arrival of mutuals in the system, they also fear that patients will no longer have the freedom to choose their doctor. And even if the Minister of Health has given guarantees on the freedom of installation, the interns fear that they will not be able to exercise there as they wish. By receiving the unions in the afternoon, Marisol Touraine proposed the installation, as of this week, of a working group in charge of bringing, before January 31, proposals concerning the respect of working time rules. . Health establishments that do not comply with statutory obligations will be penalized, she said.
Listen to Didier Legeais, vice president of the Union of Surgeons of France: “ Our professions are crushed by the system “.
Lack of consideration, revaluation of the medical act, even the story goes on the side of the surgeons and several specialists working in clinics. In the big cities, the strike movement of the operating theaters was widely followed. According to La Fédérartion (FHP-MCO) which brings together 600 clinics, this strike affected on average two thirds of clinics, with a strong mobilization in Paris (82%) and a lower one, for example, in Languedoc-Roussillon (40%) . The representatives of the directors of the public hospital (FHF) have also asked the Minister of Health to ensure that the care of patients is well assured “including if necessary asking the prefects to make requisitions. necessary vis-à-vis clinical practitioners.Hospitals fear saturation of services during the week.Because after a first show of force on Monday, the movement of white coats should reach its climax on Wednesday.
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