Several emergency services have gone on strike in French hospitals in recent weeks. Nursing staff are chronically understaffed and, faced with the flu epidemic, the situation is becoming untenable. They are asking for more human resources.
Strikes have been linked in the emergency services for several weeks. From very difficult, the situation has become unbearable with the epidemics of winter which inflate the number of consultations.
At Kremlin-Bicêtre in Val-de-Marne, the movement lasted about a week in the pediatric emergency department, driven by a lack of staff yet necessary for the good reception of patients. It was at the end of December.
At the same time in Bordeaux, the Saint-André hospital also went on strike for identical reasons: a lack of staff which caused an overload of work for doctors, nurses and helpers. ) – caregivers. Monday, the strikers demonstrated in the streets of Bordeaux before being heard by the Regional Health Agency.
A filtering system
In Auch in the Gers, the strike began on Sunday. Here again, it is a lack of staff that is at the origin of the movement. Emergency physicians are forced to deal with an unresolved shortage of staff and a growing number of patients.
All emergency personnel are on strike. Since Monday, entries have been filtered, and anything that does not relate to absolute urgency is redirected to other services.
A risk to patient safety
The emergencies of the Vannes hospital in Morbihan have been on indefinite strike for a week. The strikers are asking for more resources. In an article in the daily Le Télégramme, a nurse confides anonymously: “I am not the strike movement for my safety but for that of the patients and above all for their dignity”.
Lack of staff, poor organization of the service, caregivers can no longer perform the fundamental tasks. The list of priority reforms must be submitted this Tuesday to the director of the establishment. On Wednesday, a general assembly will decide whether or not to continue the strike.
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