Prime Minister Jean Castex announced Thursday the payment of a bonus for caregivers who give up their All Saints holidays, in order to face the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic.

A surprise decision but which will not be enough to calm the discontent of hospital staff.

As the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic hits France, caregivers are tired.

They expressed it Thursday by demonstrating at the call of hospital collectives and unions.

The executive knows he needs them, so Prime Minister Jean Castex announced two measures in their favor on Thursday.

An anticipation of their already negotiated increase, first of all.

And compensation for any day of leave not set from the All Saints holidays.

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This last announcement was not necessarily expected.

In detail, caregivers who give up their All Saints holidays will receive a gross premium of 110 to 200 euros per day, financed by the 100 million euros which will soon be paid urgently to regional health agencies.

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"We are not asking to work even more, we are asking for more staff"

But this measure left the first concerned unmoved.

“We will encourage caregivers to work even more, knowing that they are already tired,” points out Nicolas Kazolias, emergency care aide at Tenon hospital in Paris.

"I'm afraid of the risk of possible error / Because unfortunately, it happens, we are human beings. Us, that's not what we ask. We do not ask to work even more, we ask have more staff. "

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The Prime Minister also announced the anticipation of one of the flagship measures of Ségur de la santé, namely the increase in salaries of 183 euros net for all nursing staff except doctors, therefore nurses, nursing assistants in particular .

This money was initially to be paid in two installments, last September and March, but the second installment is finally anticipated at the end of the year.

A payment certainly welcome but which is far, again, to satisfy the caregivers.