Wishes in the hall of honor of the town hall. An unusual place for the Vichy hospital center, the context too. While the demonstration against the pension reform was taking place on Tuesday afternoon, and an indefinite strike was called in the emergency department on January 18, demonstrators, and among them hospital workers, came in front of the hotel of town to shout their displeasure very close to the place of the ceremony of the establishment.
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Caught between two fires, that of speeches and that of protest, around fifty people attended the meeting.
“We welcome the firefighters to this living room to thank them for the work they have done. After two unceremonious years in the hospital, it seemed important to me to do it here. »
Frédéric Aguilera (Mayor of Vichy and Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Blouse throws in 2020
The last dated back to January 2020, in the establishment’s canteen. Caregivers then threw their overalls on the ground before leaving the ceremony to denounce a “lack of resources”, “reminders on rest” and “significant efforts made by the staff” in the context of internal reorganizations.
Since then, a health crisis has mobilized the entire establishment, certification with the mention “high quality of care” has been awarded by the High Authority for Health (HAS) and projects such as the construction of a new medical building -surgical are under discussion.
A new building awaited
The amount of the investment is around €150 million.
“We are carrying out this project thanks to the support of the entire basin. It’s in the pipes. It will happen. »
Jerome Trapeaux (Director of Vichy Hospital)
The establishment is passing the stages of validation of its architectural project with the ARS, and it is also waiting for a green light. That of being able to borrow nearly €6 million and finance the construction of a new building, in Cusset, intended to house the medico-psychological center for children housed in the villa Madjean, near the Vichy media library.
The Villa Madjean
“A pebble in the shoe for more than twenty years, according to the mayor. A Romanian orphanage, with inadmissible security conditions. If nothing is done in the next few months, I will make the decision to close this building. »
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“No project is less important than the other,” said the departmental director of the Regional Health Agency, Olivier Coudin. The establishment is managed seriously. In Vichy, we know that the efforts of the public authorities will lead to something. The future will tell if the major projects of the Vichyssois hospital center will begin to materialize in 2023.
Absentees
The representatives of the three unions of the Vichy hospital center did not attend the wishes of the management, which were held in town hall and on registration. “Making the decision to relocate the ceremony is akin to contempt,” thunders Florence Chonier, FO general secretary. “The reason for this change of place was not expressed, relates Christine Debout, for Unsa who sent a letter to the management. I have worked in the hospital for 40 years. This is the first time that vows have not taken place in the establishment. »
For several months, the unions have been asking for the hospital’s staffing table to be communicated to them and have been boycotting the meetings of the technical committee, the supervisory board and the CHSCT, believing that “social dialogue does not live up to expectations. “.
Estelle Dissay
