Doctors from the Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital Center (Moselle) demand the departure of the director of the establishment who had described the doctors as "
divas
" during an interview on France 3, in a petition which brought together Thursday, April 14 near of 2000 signatures.
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We are asking for the departure of Mrs. (Marie-Odile) Saillard and we hope that there will be a more constructive dialogue with a new management
", indicated to AFP Michel Boursier, head of the cardiology department of the hospital. Mercy and president of the association behind the petition.
He and his colleagues launched this initiative in early April after controversial remarks by the director general of the CHR, who had called doctors "
divas
" in a documentary on the public hospital broadcast on March 16 on France 3.
Anger among caregivers, who then launched the hashtag #jesuisunediva on Twitter to denounce these remarks.
The director, joined by AFP, speaks of a "
clumsy word
" for which she is "
sorry
".
Dr. Boursier and his colleagues also denounce a "
lack of dialogue
" with the hospital management and "
management by fear and threat
", adding to the "
systemic
" problems of hospitals, in particular the "
lack of staff
”.
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The words of Marie-Odile Saillard on France 3 had been perceived as "
the straw that broke the camel's back
", according to the cardiologist.
His association, 3APIHOP, founded at the end of 2021 to support “
practitioners in suffering
” and which includes 115 members, also sent a letter on April 5 to the Minister of Health, Olivier Véran, for the moment without response.
“
If people feel the need to express a disagreement, my door is open
”, replies Marie-Odile Saillard, speaking of “
false
” accusations concerning her management methods.
“
I have nothing to reproach myself for, I am ready to improve things and to reopen the dialogue
” within the establishment, she added,
very invested in the public hospital
".
