96 doctors ask the government “to take the decision of compulsory vaccination now” for any employee of a nursing home or a hospital, in a column published in the Journal du Dimanche. The Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, confirmed on Friday that a law could be presented in the summer.
Currently 57% of nursing staff in nursing homes and 64% in hospitals are vaccinated according to the Hospital Federation of France. A majority therefore, but some are still recalcitrant.
Guest of France Info, Frédérique Nay, FO Health delegate in Mayenne, is not in favor of this measure, it’s a question of individual freedom and choice she emphasizes: “This is not a good measure, it must remain an individual matter as when we choose to be vaccinated against the flu for example. We are in contact with the sick but we are careful, we put on protection. individual choice. Some are reluctant because the caregivers are tired of not being heard for years and of working in deplorable conditions. By dint of giving us orders and obligations, some will choose to quit a job they are doing. they like yet. But who would I be to impose the vaccination on a colleague? Some are afraid of side effects, afraid of not being able to come to work, by removing the days of shortage, that scares all that “.
The government has just launched a consultation on the subject of compulsory vaccination of caregivers with associations of local elected officials and chairmen of parliamentary groups. A bill could be considered in parliament by the end of July.
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