Hospitals, care facilities and health centers have suspended the contracts of some 3,000 workers across the country. France, because they did not comply with the mandatory vaccination against it coronavirus, as stated today (16.09.2021) the government, as countries across Europe are considering how far they can go in order to fight the pandemic.
In France, President Emmanuel Macron’s decision in mid-July to require a similar health certificate to enter restaurants, gyms and museums, among others, and to make vaccination mandatory for health workers, has massively increased vaccinations.
With the obligation for hospital and care workers to take effect from yesterday, September 15, its very tangible effect – the ban on unvaccinated workers working – began to be felt.
According to the local newspaper “Nice Matin”, almost 450 health workers – a total of 7,500 – were suspended from contracting only one hospital in Nice, in the south of France.
The government, however, downplayed the impact of the measure.
“There has been no chaos because of this,” Health Minister Olivier Veran told RTL radio, adding that 27 million people work in the health sector.
There have been a few cases where care has been affected, such as the use of a paused MRI scanner, but most suspended workers work in support positions, limiting the impact of the mandatory measure.
“Most of the suspensions are only temporary – many have decided to get vaccinated, as they see that vaccination is a reality,” Veran said.
But unions warn of possible care disruptions, and even a few absentees in a team are enough to trigger a crisis, Emmanuel Cignon, director of a care home in Bordeaux, told Reuters this week, saying it was difficult to get hired. field staff.
“If we can not replace the caregivers who are leaving, the job will fall to others and I am afraid of an un virtuous cycle, with fatigue, exhaustion and an increase in absences,” he said.
SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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