We must "stop half measures and equivocal speeches". This is what the main union of medical interns is asking for, demanding "total and absolute containment of the whole population" in the face of the coronavirus crisis. They therefore consider that the means implemented by the government are insufficient to curb the epidemic.
"It is a total and absolute containment of the entire population that we need, like the measures deployed in China," wrote the union in a fairly alarmist statement to Emmanuel Macron on Thursday, demanding a "stop strict of all non-vital companies "but also" public transport ". "The less the confinement will be strictly applied, the more the resuscitations will be saturated, the more we will have to make choices", he justifies.
Resuscitation services "saturated in less than 15 days"
The government decided on Monday evening to establish a historic containment of "at least 15 days", in order to limit the risk of saturation of the emergency services in the face of the expansion of the Covid-19. But some companies are still operating, while some trains and subways continue to run, in particular to allow nursing staff to reach their workplaces.
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For Isni, given the evolution of the epidemic, resuscitation services will be "saturated in less than 15 days, or even more quickly in certain regions". Medical interns launched a strike in December 2019 to denounce the lack of resources in hospitals and the deterioration of their working conditions. Due to the health crisis, Isni has suspended its movement and called on all interns to "mobilize" within hospitals to fight the epidemic.
"The crisis in the public hospital has not disappeared with the arrival of the coronavirus (...) Equipment is lacking in all departments. Masks are missing or rationed," nonetheless insists Isni, who calls the government to unlock more resources.