The nursing staff of Ardèche hospitals will be able to benefit from the Covid bonus, announced Saturday May 30 elected officials from this department, which had not been selected initially for the payment of this bonus.
" That's it, it's won, following our muscular interventions in the National Assembly and in the Senate, the hospital center of the southern Ardèche in Aubenas will be integrated into appendix 2 of the premium decree Covid-19 ", said in a tweet Fabrice Brun deputy LR of the Ardèche, Mathieu Darnaud and Jacques Genest, senators (LR).
" According to the terms of this decree, the school head may decide to increase the premium to 1500 euros in services or for agents particularly involved in the management of the health crisis ".
" I am delighted to see that the message addressed to Olivier Véran has been heard, " said in a press release the president of the departmental council of Ardèche Laurent Ughetto.
According to him, the Annonay and Aubenas hospitals " will be able to benefit from the premium for carers " and " the list of Ardèche residents receiving the premium should also be extended ". " However, I remain vigilant and I wait to see the precise modalities in order to be sure that those who have been mobilized during this crisis have the recognition that they deserve, " he added.
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Alain Ughetto and Hervé Saulignac, both elected PS, had expressed their " misunderstanding ", their " disarray " and their " anger " faced with this " injustice ", in two letters sent mid-May to Olivier Véran, Minister of Health.
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Hospital staff from 40 departments, mainly in the north and east of France, will receive the maximum amount of 1,500 euros net of the premium promised by the government as a reward for their efforts during the coronavirus epidemic.
