Would administrative staff of the City of Paris have taken advantage of privileges to be vaccinated before priority audiences?
This is what a press release from the CGT of Hôtel-Dieu suggests.
“Mr. Martin Hirsch, Director General of the AP-HP and Mr. Frédéric Batteux responsible for the vaccination center of the Hôtel-Dieu have decided to vaccinate the staff of the City of Paris and other privileged people outside of all the recommendations of the Haute Autorité de Santé, the Ministry and any medical risk criteria!
", Denounces the union according to which" on a daily basis, the mobilized teams of the center are obliged to refuse caregivers and vulnerable elderly people while they are forced to vaccinate staff of the mayor of Paris and other non-medically priority VIPs!
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Non-priority secretaries vaccinated?
What to ignite the powder even as the shortage of vaccines begins to be felt and that operations for the first injections are threatened with being postponed in the coming days for people over 75 years old.
“Colleagues told us that there was a request to receive all the staff of the town hall.
For example, a lady had made an appointment, which had been accepted, she came and was able to be vaccinated by presenting herself as administrative secretary at the town hall of Paris ”, reports Bruno Lamaille, general secretary of the CGT union of the 'Hôtel-Dieu and secretary of the CHSCT.
"It is unfair and inadmissible insofar as one refuses the vaccination to others on the pretext that they are not caregivers", he enraged, referring in particular to a woman who came with her husband aged 94 years old and in remission from cancer.
"In theory, vaccination is only open to caregivers at the Hôtel-Dieu, but we have seen administrative secretaries from the town hall of Paris come to the emergency room to be vaccinated", assures Damien Wittmann, CGT general secretary of the Hôtel- God.
A City - Hôtel-Dieu agreement
On the side of the town hall, we recognize that an agreement has been made with the AP-HP so that its staff can be vaccinated at the Hôtel-Dieu, but "in theory it only concerns health and medical staff. -social of the City of Paris over 50 years or presenting one of the pathologies-factors of comorbidity foreseen by the health authorities ”, insists one at the Town hall.
The right-wing opposition was quick to seize on this controversy.
The mayor (LR) of the 17th arrondissement, Geoffroy Boulard, immediately appealed to the city of Paris: “If proven, the facts reported by the CGT are very serious.
It would not be tolerable that non-priority audiences could be vaccinated when we run out of doses for the 2nd injection by health professionals.
The president of the AP-HP Anne Hidalgo must be completely transparent, ”insists the elected official.
"We respect the list of the ARS"
About 2,000 municipal workers are eligible for vaccination according to criteria defined by national health authorities.
As of January 27, 1,119 agents were registered.
475 vaccinations (1st injection) were carried out and 113 are scheduled.
The operation concerns both home helpers, childcare auxiliaries in nurseries or "educational social executives" "who go to meet the homeless in the street", lists Anne Souyris, deputy mayor of Paris responsible for health.
"We strictly respect the list established by the Regional Health Agency," insists the elected official.
“If cases of privilege were found, they would obviously be punished very firmly.
We are launching an investigation to verify all the names of the vaccinated ”, nevertheless indicates the town hall of Paris.
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“We are tracking pass rights everywhere.
We are in a time of shortage and some are tempted to be vaccinated before others.
We are vigilant, ”assures Anne Souyris.
"11,517 people have received to date their first dose of vaccine to date at the Hôtel-Dieu: the staff of the City of Paris therefore represent less than 5% of vaccinations", still wishes to specify the town hall of Paris.