The director of the CHU of Guadeloupe and his two assistants had to be exfiltrated by the police from their offices besieged Tuesday, January 4 by activists against the vaccination obligation of caregivers, announced to AFP the management of the hospital.
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The administrative building of the CHU of Guadeloupe, the scene of tensions around the issue of the compulsory vaccination of caregivers, was besieged on Tuesday and the management
"sequestered"
in its offices before being finally
"exfiltrated"
by the police, explained to AFP the director general of the CHU, Gérard Cotellon.
"I was extracted with a punch in the ribs and a huge blow to the head, I lost consciousness for 10 seconds I think
," said Gérard Cotellon. 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 assured, declaring himself
"shocked"
.
Management has announced its intention to file a complaint.
I was ripped off my shirt, I got urine on me as I ran to a police car.
"
Cédric Zolezzi, deputy director of the CHU
If this exfiltration did not give rise to arrests, it was described as a
"rugby scrum"
according to a police source, while the demonstrators were
"rather calm"
throughout the day.
"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.
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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 the daily
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.