"Stop the contempt": called to strike since September 23, several hundred nurses in the operating room (Ibode) demonstrated Thursday in Paris to demand salary increases and recognition of their skills.
Dressed in a blue blouse and cap on the head, the "Ibode angry", numbering 630 according to the police headquarters, marched in a good-natured atmosphere of the Montparnasse station at the Ministry of Health, where a delegation been received. Coming from Brittany, the Hauts-de-France or Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, they held signs and banners on which you could read "Guarantor of your safety block" or "Buzyn, put glitter in our lives and in our blocks ".
"We increased our skills without upgrading our salaries"
"We want recognition of the specificity of our business," said Laurence Boulou, president of Snibo. Trained "18 months" more than state-trained nurses, the "Ibode" have "never been valued," she added.
Since 2015, the profession has some exclusive acts such as the installation of the patient, the surgical assistance, the installation of drain, the skin and subcutaneous closures (sutures, note), etc.
"We increased our skills without upgrading our salaries," said Stephanie, 44, from Dinan. According to Laurence Boulou, an "Ibode" starts his career around "1,400 euros net to finish at 2,400 euros". However, the plan of "refoundation" emergencies announced in September by the Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn provides premiums of 80 euros per month for emergency nurses who will engage in cooperation protocols allowing them including "to make sutures ". A measure experienced as an "affront" and "an infringement of the field of competence" of 9,000 nurses block, according to Snibo.
Agnès Buzyn promises announcements
Protesters are also calling for recognition of their master's degree and a training plan for state-trained nurses practicing in the blocks. Questioned on the subject Thursday morning on Radio Classique, Agnès Buzyn acknowledged that there was "clearly a global malaise in the public hospital" reflecting "a desire to revalue some trades". "I'm working on it," she added, promising announcements "in the course of November".