“Y Fed up “, coward from the start Christine. Behind this assumed name: a nurse anesthesiologist from CHU of Rouen, who, while wishing to maintain the protection of anonymity, spontaneously wishes to let go of what is on her heart. This testimony commits only her, but it is shared by ” a lot ” of his colleagues, says the nurse. “But people are used to saying nothing. “
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“Volunteering starts to do well”
However, as hospitals gradually regain more conventional activity, “We can feel that the word is released”, notes a CHU union official. Tomorrow Tuesday, the employees of the Rouen establishment are moreover called to express their dissatisfaction on the subject of the exceptional bonus promised to carers, but also to demand a salary increase. (read below).
“Volunteering starts to do well”, slice Christine. Right now, what worries her is the payment of her overtime during the crisis. The latter is afraid of never seeing the color (a subject on which the trade unions say they are alert). However, if Normandy was not the most affected region, “Everyone is mobilized”, insists the nurse anesthetist, “Especially to unclog Paris and the Grand Est”. “The guards were doubled or even tripled in an hour, the schedules could change four times a day, and people played the game.”
Furthermore, as it was already written at the height of the crisis, hospital activity outside of Covid had slowed markedly, sometimes even in worrying proportions. Due to the deprogramming, but also “Because people no longer dared to come”, recalls Christine. In return, “Those who came to the emergency room came for serious reasons, she explains. The machine had to turn next! “
So certainly, “The applause from the window is nice, but that’s not what we are asking for”, warns the caregiver. It is high time, she said, to review the salary status of nurses. As such, the “Ségur de la santé” leaves her very perplexed for the moment. “Our corporation is not sufficiently represented there”, she judges.
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” Divide and rule “
As for the famous exceptional bonus … The mobilization of all CHU staff, whatever its importance, as part of the “White Plan”, justifies that it be paid to everyone, said the nurse. “When the President of the Republic was first announced, there was no question of conditioning it. Today it creates disappointment and frustration. We don’t make such announcements without being able to keep them! And then this way of categorizing people … Some colleagues will touch 500 euros while the teachers who welcomed their children to school will have 1,000 euros for that … It’s really divide to rule better. “
That’s why Christine, in her 30s or so years of professional service, needed to empty her bag. Besides, if she could go back, “I think I would have had my first years as a nurse in the hospital, before leaving for the liberal”. For this profession which already suffers from a lack of attractiveness, the confession sounds like a painful warning.
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