The main medical intern unions called for a strike on October 14 to protest against the one-year extension of the studies of future general practitioners, whom the government wishes to direct “
as a priority
” towards medical deserts.
This call to strike is accompanied by a national demonstration scheduled for the same day in front of the Ministry of Health in Paris, indicated the Intersyndicale des interns of general medicine (Isnar-IMG) in a press release released on Monday, as well as the 'Intersyndicale nationale des interns (Isni) on his Facebook account.
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The unions are calling for "
the withdrawal of the measure
" establishing an additional year of internship for future general practitioners, which would be carried out outside the hospital and "
as a priority in under-resourced areas
".
Presented in the Social Security financing bill (PLFSS) for 2023, this "
year of consolidation
" will not include coercive measures, according to the Minister of Health François Braun.
But several bills "
limiting the freedom of establishment of future doctors
" tabled by various parliamentary groups reinforce the concern of the medical officers, who see it as a threat to "
the assurance of optimal care
" for patients, underlines Isnar -IMG.
For its part, Isni also opposes the measure presented in the PLFSS prohibiting young caregivers from exercising as an interim immediately after their diploma.
A reform also rejected by their elders from the Young Doctors union, who denounced last week a “
totally arbitrary discrimination
”, when “
the best way to reduce the interim
” would be “
to invest more in the public hospital
”.
