Covid-19: the CHU of Guadeloupe besieged by demonstrators, its director exfiltrated by the police

The tension does not come down in Guadeloupe.

The administrative building of the CHU, the scene of tensions around the question of the compulsory vaccination of caregivers, was besieged on Tuesday by activists against the compulsory vaccination of caregivers, and the management was "sequestered in its offices", a informs the director of the hospital, Gérard Cotellon.

He and his two assistants were finally "exfiltrated" by the police, he said.

"I was extracted with a punch in the ribs and a huge blow to the head, I lost consciousness for 10 seconds I think", described the director of the CHU.

His deputy, Cédric Zolezzi, also said he was molested.

“I was torn off my shirt, I got urine on me while I was running towards a police car,” he said, declaring himself “shocked”.

Management has announced its intention to file a complaint.

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If this exfiltration did not give rise to arrests, it took on the appearance of a “rugby scrum” according to a police source, while the demonstrators were “rather calm” throughout the day.

The wages of the unvaccinated suspended at the heart of the tensions

"We have come to claim the money we are owed", told AFP Gaby Clavier, former secretary of the health branch of the UGTG union, present at the scene with the demonstrators.

The latter demand the payment of the salaries of the suspended agents, following their refusal to comply with the vaccination obligation.

The demonstrators left the scene in the early evening.

This is not the first time that these administrative premises have been targeted as part of this mobilization.

At the end of 2021, several degradations had already taken place there.

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According to the CHU, which is preparing for an influx of patients due to the resurgence of the Covid-19 epidemic, 95% of staff "meet the vaccine obligation".

President Emmanuel Macron, interviewed by Le Parisien, sparked controversy on Tuesday by declaring to be ready to "piss off" the unvaccinated.

“The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off.

And so we will continue to do so, until the end.

This is the strategy, ”he proclaimed.