The situation is not calming down in Guadeloupe.
The management of the CHU of the territory condemned, on Tuesday, “commando operations” in several hospital departments by strikers from the UTS-UGTG union, who are protesting against the vaccination obligation and the suspension of unvaccinated caregivers.
The strikers "once again used totally unacceptable and judicially punishable methods" to "deprive the vast majority of non-striking staff of their freedom to work", deplores the management of the CHU de Guadeloupe in a statement.
A "commando" tried to "force the agents in post" in the services of the establishment to "quit their work", with much reinforcement of "threats made against those who refused to comply with the injunctions", she indicated.
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Screenings, organized at the entrance to the establishment in the morning, have also "caused a very strong disruption in the movement of users in the main care center of the territory", adds management, specifying that "at least one patient with an appointment sheet was turned away ”.
"Reports of bailiffs have been established in order to reserve the legal consequences appropriate to these abuses", ensures the management of the hospital center.
Other establishments concerned
To date, at the Guadeloupe University Hospital, 67.5% of staff are vaccinated against Covid-19, including 95.2% in "group 1" (comprising administrative, technical, logistical staff, not contributing to the taking into direct patient care). In “group 2” (staff contributing to patient care), the vaccination rate is 72%. In detail, 100% of health executives and 98.5% of doctors are vaccinated.
Protest movements by caregivers who refuse the vaccination obligation and the health pass also took place this Tuesday in other health establishments throughout the island (clinics, psychiatric center, etc.), reported the Guadeloupe chain the 1st, some access being completely blocked.
For their part, liberal nurses have triggered a "white day", reports the local channel.
At the end of last week, the UTS-UGTG union - which leads the protest against the health pass and the vaccination obligation - announced a strengthening of its movement, following the arrest and police custody, since lifted, of its general secretary.
