The Constitutional Council validated the bill relating to the management of the health crisis this Thursday, August 5.
Vaccination therefore becomes compulsory for nursing staff and other professions in contact with vulnerable groups.
As of September 15, they will have to justify at least one dose of vaccine and will have until October 15 to obtain a complete vaccination schedule.
Does this compulsory vaccination disrupt the daily life of caregivers?
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collected the testimony of several of them.
It is now confirmed. From September 15, nursing staff in hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and retirement homes will be required to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to work. This provision, validated on August 5 by the Constitutional Council, however arouses anger and concerns among certain health professionals and staff representatives.
In Poitiers for example, the CGT of the CHU expressed its concern in a press release issued at the beginning of the week, pointing to a "very tense working atmosphere" in certain departments.
“Colleagues who are not vaccinated are singled out and subjected to inadmissible remarks,” the union explains.
A subject of controversy and mobilization within society, does compulsory vaccination disrupt the daily lives of caregivers?
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collected the testimony of several of them.
A large vaccination before the obligation
According to the latest national bulletin published on July 29 by Public Health France, vaccination coverage for at least one dose was 71.2% for professionals working in nursing homes or USLDs (long-term care units) and 85.9% for liberal professionals. For all health professionals, however, it is difficult to assess the extent of this vaccination. "A previous bulletin of Public Health France dated May 20 mentioned a vaccination coverage rate of 91%, but this figure is probably overestimated because some professionals no longer practicing were able to declare themselves as such at the time of vaccination", explains Thierry. Amouroux, spokesperson for the National Union of Nursing Professionals (SNPI).
However, this caregiver stresses that a large majority of his colleagues are already vaccinated: "In fact, the vaccination obligation has relatively little impact and we have not had any reports of particular incidents", indicates t -he.
An observation shared by Sophie, 29, an intern in an intensive care unit: “The announcement of compulsory vaccination did not create any tension in the service.
The whole team has been so confronted with the complications of Covid-19 that a large part of the caregivers were vaccinated before the government announcements, and the others will soon do so, ”she wrote to
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A feeling of "contempt"
But the situation can sometimes be more difficult to live with, especially for those who still hesitate to be vaccinated. This is the case for Céline and Mélanie, both nursing assistants. At 36 and 35, the two young women say they are "affected" by the vaccination obligation. “I noticed a more or less cold climate between vaccinated and non-vaccinated colleagues. I am starting to be disgusted (…) and I find the way the government treats caregivers who do not wish to be vaccinated unfair and inhuman, ”explains Céline.
Mélanie, she says she feels "despised": "This obligation leads to tensions in teams already weakened by these last months which have been painful for everyone (...) I love my job but to be treated like this, no thank you. ".
For Olivier Cammas, CGT manager at AP-HP, it is above all the method used by the government that creates anger in the services.
“The authorities have put the nursing staff on the dock when they are massively vaccinated.
The pressure put on the employees to justify their vaccination, the ultimatums and the authoritarianism with which the vaccination obligation is put in place, this is what generates tensions ”.
Sadness and "double standards"
Other professionals, also concerned by the vaccination obligation, say they suffer from this measure. This is the case of Anne-Sophie, 31 years old. “I am a medical secretary and my nursing colleagues, nursing assistants or doctors do not understand my choice not to be vaccinated (…) I am constantly obliged to justify myself. I am called selfish, a conspirator regardless of how I feel. I even went to the bathroom to cry, ”she told
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Léo, 28 years old, cook in nursing home and not vaccinated, denounces the "double standards, two measures" of the government: "Throughout the pandemic, I was one of the only ones to provide catering to feed the residents (... ) When the nursing staff received a bonus for the work done during the crisis, I was not considered as such.
And today, I am considered a caregiver and I have to get vaccinated if I don't want to lose my salary?
He asks.
The measure provides that caregivers have until September 15, 2021 to justify "the administration of at least one of the doses subject to presenting the result, for its period of validity, of the virological screening examination not conclusive. contamination by Covid-19 ”.
They will have until October 15 to present a complete vaccination schedule.
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