The strike of liberal biologists, contrary to the savings provided for by the Social Security budget, was massively followed on Monday morning, with 95% of the 4,200 medical analysis laboratories closed in France, the unions of this profession announced.
“The participation rate is currently at 95%,” said Alain Le Meur, spokesman for the Medical Biology Alliance, which brings together the four unions in the sector and the main groups of private laboratories, at a press conference.
“We are all mobilized because the Government refuses to listen to us and dialogue,” he explained, recalling that the sector continues “in favor of an exceptional contribution” of some 250 million euros in the single year 2023, by way of the benefits obtained during the last two years thanks to Covid testing.
“truncated figures”
But the government intends instead to impose a price cut that will affect all acts of medical analysis, and that would last for the following years. “You can make an effort, I will not give up on this issue,” stressed the Minister of Public Accounts, Gabriel Attal, about LCI, noting the “high profitability” of the sector, “it increased from 18% to 30%.” in favor of the health crisis.
“Figures dismembered or even manipulated, with the aim of making us appear to be war profiteers,” replied Aurélie François, general director of Eurofins Biologie Médicale, assuring that the minister confused gross margin and net profit, going from 12% to 16% of a volume of business driven by a screening policy “with desire, by express order of the Government”.
After weeks of deaf dialogue, “we appeal to Emmanuel Macron”, launched Thierry Bouchet, president of the Syndicate of Clinical Biology Laboratories, denouncing an “austerity madness” that would threaten “at least 10% of the sites and jobs associated work”. “.
Partie pour durer trois jours, this fronde will light up mercredi soir and “all the labs will turn out on a jeudi matin”, at-il ajouté, mais “nous regardons en fonction de la réponse qui nous sera faite si cette grève peut être reconduite” below .
Source: BFM TV
