Anger still increases from a notch among health professionals. After the pharmacists who dropped the curtain during the weekend of August 15, it is the hospital’s turn to organize their movement to dispute the budget policy of François Bayrou. In the Paris region, general meetings are held in all AP-HP establishments on Monday, August 25, so that the interaction decides the actions that will be carried out at the beginning of the school year.
Towards a hospital strike of several weeks?
The mobilizations seem to be launched in all directions. “Returning to school will be hot,” says Ariel Suares, general secretary of the UNSA-AP-HP. “Tomorrow, at 1 PM, we organize a demonstration in front of the working value bag because François Bayrou is invited there by the CFDT,” BFM Business Nathalie Marchand, General Secretary of the CGT AP-HP. “We will take advantage of it to welcome you and take advantage of our statements,” adds Elisabteh Mpondo, president of CFTC-AP-HP.
The hospitals are really angry at the Plan of Economies announced by the Prime Minister on July 15. The Head of Government announced 43.8 billion euros in savings that were achieved in 2026, including not less than 5.5 billion euros in the health sector. While it is necessary to duplicate the medical franchises, to the detriment of the patient’s wallet, hospitals will also have to press their belts, while struggling to meet the demand for care.
If hospitals are likely to join the mobilization of September 10, the interfirga seems to be motivated to lead “a broader strike, as soon as possible and until the presentation of budgetary texts,” specifies BFM Business Nathalie Marchand.
Pharmacies closures, March White …
Beyond the walls of public hospitals, pharmacists have not said their last word. Raised to block the fall of commercial discounts on generic medicines, pharmacies will drop their curtains again on September 18 and then every Saturday on September 27.
And that is not all: a white march of health professionals is scheduled for October 4 at the initiative of the endangered health group. According to our information, Samu’s cudencies of France should participate. The Inter-Hôpitaux collective could also be grafted. But the movement could expand to other health professions, outside the walls of hospitals.
Source: BFM TV
