A few hours before the arrival of Prime Minister Jean Castex in the Alsatian capital, several hundred nursing staff from Strasbourg University Hospitals (HUS) observed a minute of silence this Friday afternoon to denounce their working conditions.

Shortly after 2 p.m., gathered in front of the entrance to the New Civil Hospital, the caregivers stopped talking, their eyes closed, for a minute.

"The purpose of this moment of contemplation is to inform the population that the public hospital is dying", explained beforehand at the microphone Doctor Sébastien Harscoat, doctor in the emergency room and at the Samu of Strasbourg.

“We want to continue caring for our patients despite exhaustion, despite the closure of beds, budgetary restrictions (…).

But we are no longer able to do it, ”he added, while similar gatherings were organized on the other sites of the Strasbourg University Hospital.

"Completely" disgusted

The Prime Minister is due to participate in a meeting on the situation of the Strasbourg hospital, which is particularly indebted, and on the variation in the Grand Est region of the financial envelope granted within the framework of the Ségur de la Santé. At 25, Antoine Bonnefond, emergency nurse, said he was "completely disgusted" after only two years of work. "The working conditions are not possible, we are sometimes at 160% of the reception capacity in emergencies" and "in recent months, there have been more and more sick leaves". "We're exhausted," added Nisrin, a nurse's aide. "The hospital has become a factory, it is no longer a care center, we no longer manage to take our time, to listen to the patients, we provide technical care, that stops there", regretted Pauline. , nurse for a little over a year.

The Health Segur, negotiated with forceps after the first confinement, provides for a massive injection of public funds: 10 billion euros in sustainable salary increases and 19 billion in investments spread over several years, an envelope that is in the process of being reduced. 'be broken down by region.

In the Grand Est region, almost two billion euros will be distributed among healthcare establishments, including more than 800 million euros to restore the financial situation of hospitals.

That of Strasbourg must see its debt cleared by about 40%, and 209 million euros must help the reorganization of the psychiatry center.

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