“He’s really not responsible.” Elisabeth Borne spoke bluntly what she thought of the strike movement led by some of the liberal doctors, this Tuesday morning with franceinfo. According to the prime minister, the initiative, launched on December 26 and renewed on Monday for a week, can only worsen the situation in already overwhelmed hospitals.
The doctors on strike want to double the price of the basic consultation -from 25 to 50 euros- to make appointments more fluid by expanding their secretariat, defending their working conditions, including the freedom of installation that they consider threatened.
Borne relativizes the scope of the mobilization
Elisabeth Borne began by relativizing the scope of the mobilization: “She is part of the organizations that represent the doctors who called the strike.” She was referring here to the “Doctors of Tomorrow” collective, the spearhead of the movement. The Prime Minister also assured that the negotiations are still relevant between the institutions and the organizations: “There is an ongoing discussion between the doctors and the Health Insurance”.
He then more clearly condemned the strike: “I can hear that you may encounter difficulties and wish for improvements, but it is really not responsible to go on strike, especially over a festive period when tensions have risen at the hospital.” “I say it very clear: it is not responsible,” she insisted.
tribute to the hospital
Previously, the head of government had welcomed the performance of the public hospital, while highlighting the saturation that reigns there: “I want to once again pay tribute to the caregivers. Our hospitals are facing three simultaneous epidemics: bronchiolitis, flu, Covid. And once again, caregivers are highly mobilized to cope.”
Beyond the question of general practitioners, he also stated that the Executive had already taken several measures in favor of caregivers: “We have given the first responses in the first five years with significant increases. There are 300 euros per month more for a novice nurse , if we give orders of magnitude”.
“We see that we have not fixed everything with these salary increases, that there are other issues to be dealt with,” he acknowledged, however, before listing: “What caregivers are talking to us about today are organizational issues, liberation.” until medical time.”
“My government will present a roadmap in a week to meet these expectations and provide an answer to both caregivers and French people who want to have a health system that works,” Elisabeth Borne pledged.
François Braun had already considered the move “not welcome”
Elisabeth Borne’s statements regarding these general practitioners recall those of her Minister of Health, François Braun, last Wednesday. On the sidelines of a trip to Annecy, she told the press that the suspension of her medical activity was “not welcome”, that this strike was taking place “at the wrong time”.
“It’s not the right time, it’s not in the most difficult period like now that it’s good to attack,” he said.
Source: BFM TV
