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Nearly half of the emergency services throughout France are still on strike Wednesday morning. The latest announcements of Health Minister Agnès Buzyn, in an attempt to relieve emergencies, have not calmed the anger.
Hugo Huon is an emergency physician at the Lariboisière hospital and chairs the Collectif Inter-Urgences (CIU), which initiated the strike movement. If Agnès Buzyn promises "to improve the situation", he has the impression not to be heard. That's what he explained Wednesday morning at the microphone of Europe 1.
Disappointment before "constant means"
"We expect the majority of announcements Monday," he says, while 239 services are on strike according to the Collective Inter-Emergency against 195 according to the Ministry of Health. "For the moment, in what is proposed, we still feel that we are opposed organization and means: it would be an interesting reorganization of the interesting health system, but with constant means.It will not change much, ultimately . "
To "minimize the passage of the elderly" in emergencies, Agnès Buzyn wants to generalize "channels of direct admission", promising to key "a financial incentive, a form of bonus to hospitals that (they) put in place" . The minister also wants to develop "a video-assistance between the Ehpad and Samu", to avoid hospitalizations in case of "benign pathologies".
Decisive next week
But these announcements did not undermine the UIC's desire to continue the social movement. "For the future, we see with doctors and all hospital to federate, increase the overall budget of hospitals and have more beds," said Hugo Huon on our antenna. "We'll see if it works or not, in any case, it's a fight that is just for health and we think it's important." Hence the desire for the collective to "mobilize a little more citizens" in this fight.
Next week promises in any case decisive in this conflict: besides new measures announced by the minister, a General Assembly of mobilized organizations will take place from September 10, next Tuesday, to "see how it goes", according to Hugo Huon . The next day, a national day of action, extended to the private sector, is scheduled for September 11, with a demonstration in Paris.