• In an open letter, addressed in particular to Olivier Véran, the Office of Interns in Medicine of Nice asks for more consideration in relation to the work provided since the start of the health crisis.

  • The letter points out in particular the risks for the health of doctors in training of living in precariousness and having an overload of work.

"Our devotion cannot justify our submission."

In an open letter posted Monday on social networks, and which is addressed in particular to the Minister of Health, the Office of Interns in Medicine of Nice (Be Ihn) warns about the working conditions of doctors in training since the start of the crisis. health and the "lack of consideration" on the part of the government.

They are asking for "a salary increase for all interns in France", with reduced hours and fair payment.

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They specify in the letter that their “average working time per week is 58.4 hours for an average salary of 6.48 euros net per hour”.

A salary that is too low when they have been "from day one, on the front line" and "are exhausted on the job" to defeat the Covid-19 in hospitals where they represent 40% of the staff.

They then regret not having received significant financial increases during the last wave of Covid-19, yet granted to all the actors of the Hospital.

Doctors in training “sacrificed”

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, Sébastien Cuozzo, president of Be Ihn, recalled that "this reality of the hospital has been accentuated by the coronavirus" by pointing out that the doctors in training have "stopped the medicine of their specialty to do Covid-19” and “in this sense, have been sacrificed to take care of these patients”.

He adds that this “financial recognition” would make it possible to “gain quality of life” because “interns in poor health are badly treated patients”.

Indeed, the letter informs of the "worrying psycho-mental health" of doctors in training, 75% of them have an anxiety syndrome and nearly 20% have suicidal thoughts.

"Precariousness is one of the main psychosocial factors among interns with the workload," says Thomas Citti, vice-president of Be Ihn, also on

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.

The Office of Interns in Medicine of Nice received "the support of the national and the unions".

“If there is no suitable response, there will be a mobilization, we hope on a large scale”, concludes Sébastien Cuozzo.

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