Costly, divisive, discriminating… In the mouths of some of the health personnel, there is no lack of qualifiers to criticize a health pass which it becomes impossible not to resort to to access public places.
In recent hours, from unions to Doctors of the World via the Order of Physicians, the speeches have multiplied, with in their sights the bill on which the Constitutional Council must render its decision on Thursday.
The South and CGT unions thus invite caregivers to join the national strike launched - from this Wednesday for the first, and next Monday for the second - against the health pass as well as the vaccination obligation that weighs on them.
But their demands do not end there.
The Sud-santé-sociaux federation also calls for an immediate increase in wages, an end to deregulation on working time and bed closures.
As for the CGT, it demands the lifting of patents for Covid-19 vaccines and "human and material resources to meet the needs of the population".
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This national appeal is coupled with territorial mobilizations, in the Alpes-Maritimes, at the Nord Franche-Comté hospital, at the Louis Jaillon hospital center, in Saint-Claude (Jura), and at the Jura Sud hospital center, in Lons-le- Saunier.
Other notices were given, in Marseille in particular, with a view to an indefinite strike.
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The unions are not the only ones to criticize the health pass.
The French Hospital Federation (FHF) for its part regrets the cost of the device.
According to her, the implementation of the health pass at the public hospital will entail an additional cost that she estimates at 60 million euros for one month.
Indeed, access controls will only be possible "by recruiting additional staff on short-term contracts" or "by calling on external companies", assures the general delegate of the FHF, Zaynab Riet.
Fears for precarious populations
This sum of 60 million should rather be spent to "strengthen (the) workforce (caregivers), ensure the replacement of people on leave," said the latter.
A criticism which partly joins those formulated by the unions which are mobilizing.
The NGO Médecins du Monde sees in this health pass "a disguised vaccination obligation", "discriminating" for the unvaccinated.
Rather, it advocates making vaccination more accessible to people "excluded from care" or facing the "digital divide or administrative barriers", such as homeless people, migrants, sex workers or unaccompanied minors.
Monday, the Order of Physicians expressed the same concerns.
He asks to ensure that the health pass does not deprive patients of care.