Professor Francis Berenbaum has decided, like many other caregivers, to respond to the national call to demonstrate this Thursday. For him, it's even a first. In anger, he tells Europe 1 the reasons that drove him down the street.

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"This is no longer possible." The professor of the rheumatology department at Saint-Antoine Hospital does not hide his anger. Like many other caregivers, Dr. Francis Berenbaum decided to respond to the national call to protest to save the hospital. Except that for him, despite his white hair, it is "the first that he (it) goes on strike" for the public hospital.

An intern in France "earns as much" as an intern in Romania

The decline in the budget of the public hospital, Professor Francis Berenbaum sees the consequences every day in his service. "You know, in rheumatology, you need imaging, and I realize that very innovative machines that were installed a short time ago can no longer work, because the radio manipulators are fleeing in the private where they are better paid and it is the same problem for physiotherapists, we can not recruit, "he pleads.

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This salary situation does not affect only experienced doctors, since, according to the professor, "an intern in medicine earns 1,200 euros per month at the beginning, as much as a Romanian intern." "Except that, there, the equivalent of Smic is 400 euros!", He drops to the edge of indignation. In another register, the osteoarthritis specialist points out the "dilapidated" of the premises. "In the doctors' offices, there may be a carpet that dates back 30 years," he says.