After three months of strike, the government released 70 million euros for immediate measures.
Following a three-month strike, the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced that she was releasing 70 million euros to finance “first support measures” for emergency personnel.
The envelope is primarily intended for a risk premium of 100 euros net per month for 30,000 paramedical staff, who regularly face violent patients. A “cooperation bonus” of 100 euros gross will also be released for professionals who engage in a cooperation protocol. 15 million euros will also be granted to the hospitals most in difficulty to strengthen the summer workforce.
“A drop of water in an ocean”
“It is to bet already that none of the claims raised find satisfaction in the communication of the government”, criticizes the Collective inter-emergencies, at the origin of the protest movement, which must decide on the continuation or not. some movement. “15 million out of 600 emergency services is a drop in an ocean”, laments in theAFP Patrick Bourdillon, from CGT Health.
Caregivers are demanding an end to bed closures, an increase in remuneration of 300 euros net and an increase in staff. For them, on a daily basis, “it’s saturated stretchers, (the) premises that are no longer suitable to accommodate an increasingly large population, it’s 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. before seeing a specialist, 6-7 h before seeing a doctor”, denounces Candice Lafarge, representative of the collective and caregiver at the Saint-Antoine hospital in Paris, on France Inter.
Sick leave
Usually, caregivers protest against their working conditions by going on strike, but continue to work with a simple armband bearing the mention of their demand. However, faced with a reaction from the public authorities deemed non-existent, emergency personnel hardened their movement by taking sick leave, as was the case in particular in Saint-Antoine, Lariboisière or Lons-le-Saunier. More than a hundred services are mobilized.
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