According to their union, more than 4,000 veterinarians are expected to demonstrate this Wednesday to defend their prerogatives to deliver drugs. However, the latter had won their case.
They won their case but will still be thousands of veterinarians tomorrow in the streets of Paris. “The strike is maintained and we will certainly be more than 4000”, specifies the National Union of Liberal Veterinarians (SNVEL) contacted by why actor.
Yet the agriculture modernization bill for 2014, which provided for prohibiting veterinarians from selling certain antibiotics to entrust it to pharmacists, has been buried. Because of this measure, the vets who prescribe and sell these classes of drugs themselves, threatened to close their practices on a “Day without vets” on November 6. “Under the guise of the fight against antibiotic resistance, we stigmatize a profession that has been at the forefront for years in the fight against the excessive use of antibiotics,” indicated Monday the Snvel.
But in the face of this new anger, the government decided to back down. ” It is agreed that the measure on decoupling initially envisaged will be usefully replaced by several provisions which will be introduced in the bill for the future for Agriculture, ”the ministers of Health and Agriculture informed the Minister of Agriculture yesterday. ‘resulting from a meeting with representatives of the veterinary profession. It has made commitments to reduce the use of critical antibiotics, “whose control is imperative for human health in veterinary medicine,” the statement continued.
The government will create a commission to step up the fight against antibiotic resistance in animals. Obviously not enough for veterinarians, since they will still be out in the streets tomorrow. The latter recall that the text adopted by the Council of Ministers will also go through a parliamentary phase. The demonstration of tomorrow will undoubtedly be a a reminder to the deputies and senators who intend to amend the text …
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