Europe 1 with AFP 5:09 p.m., September 26, 2022
The main union of medical interns protests against the extension of their studies and their orientation "as a priority" towards medical deserts.
A project seen as an "injustice".
The union announced on Monday a "big mobilization" in October, which could go "up to the strike".
The main union of medical interns announced on Monday "a great mobilization" in October "going as far as a strike", to protest against the one-year extension of their studies, which the government wishes to direct " in priority" to the medical deserts.
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The Social Security budget for 2023 indeed plans to add a "year of consolidation" to the course of future general practitioners, which would be carried out outside the hospital and "as a priority in under-resourced areas".
A "coercive" measure
The stated objective is "to enrich their training" and "to support their rapid installation", but also to keep a campaign promise from Emmanuel Macron.
The Head of State thus wished to send "a massive reinforcement in the medical deserts".
An "injustice", denounces in a press release the National Intersyndicale des interns (Isni), which "formally opposes" this "coercive" measure, from which it expects "no solution to the problems of access to care".
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Accusing the executive "of instrumentalizing doctors in training to (y) respond at a lower cost", the ISNI deplores a reform "carried out without consultation" and predicts that it "is heading for disaster".
Its president, Olivia Faigneau, announces that she "will launch a major mobilization from October, going as far as a strike for all interns".
The government has commissioned four doctors to carry out a consultation "by the first quarter of 2023", with a view to coming into force at the start of the next academic year.