It is the turn of the nurses at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins hospital in Cowansville to sound the alarm bells concerning the use of compulsory overtime.
The workers made a public outing on Monday morning to launch a real cry from the heart and express their fed up with this measure.
Exasperated, on the verge of exhaustion, emergency nurses spend their days off in agony.
This is particularly the case of Sophie Delarosbil, a mother of three who said that she can no longer be subjected to overtime, a way of doing things that has unfortunately become a standard that has impacts on her family life. .
In one month, in the establishments of the CIUSSS de l’Estrie, 3,542 work shifts were not filled due to a lack of staff.
In addition to having to deal with customer dissatisfaction, nurses say they fear for patient safety.
The exodus to private agencies is a very real phenomenon. It is time for the leaders of the network to take off their blinders and take concrete action to reduce as much as possible the use of compulsory overtime, argued the Union of Healthcare Professionals of the Eastern Townships.
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