In a press release, the collective “Doctors for tomorrow” indicates that “the government has unfortunately not deigned to give us attention” and calls to avoid the decay of the French health system.
A movement that will last? After a first week of strike which was to end on Monday, general practitioners have decided to renew their movement for at least an additional week at the call of the collective “Doctors for tomorrow”. At least one firm out of two should thus keep the door closed until Monday, January 9th.
On his sitethe collective indicates that “unfortunately the government has not deigned to pay attention to us despite this first week of strike” and announces that a day of demonstration is planned for January 5th.
“Decent and dignified” conditions
Among the main demands of the strikers, a doubling of the basic consultation fee (from 25 to 50 euros) to create a “shock of attractiveness” towards city medicine under tension.
“We demand working conditions that are decent and dignified for our patients in the hospital and in the city”, indicated this Sunday on BFMTV Faiza Bossy, general practitioner, for whom this strike “is legitimate”.
“It’s complicated in general. Obviously it puts our patients in difficulty and it’s not something for which we are particularly committed. We will always do everything to be with our patients but the health system is stretched to the limit. hospital and in the city,” she added.
On BFMTV, several health specialists report on this tension in the health system in France and fear a deterioration of things in the months to come. “We must prevent it from being completely destroyed”, warns Jean-Louis Teboul, head of the intensive medicine and resuscitation department at Bicêtre hospital (AP-HP).
“Unwelcome” strike?
Last week, the Minister of Health François Braun had fanned the ashes of anger by judging this strike “unwelcome in this period of extreme difficulty for the health system.”
“It is not in the most difficult period like now that it is a good thing to strike”, he had hammered, referring to the triple epidemic which currently affects the country.
In response, the prefect of Eure-et-Loir decided to requisition doctors for the New Year, as she confirmed this Saturday, December 31 on our antenna. During a first social movement in early December, a drop in activity of around 30% among general practitioners was noted, according to data from Health Insurance.
