Le Figaro Bordeaux
The roundabout of the CHU de Pellegrin, in Bordeaux, was the seat of the blue blouses on Tuesday.
In desperation, 96% of the pediatric intensive care unit is currently on strike, according to management figures.
Lack of staff, training and beds, night shifts, inconsistency in timetables and requests for rest times... In office for 17 years, Marie-Laure, who is demonstrating this Tuesday alongside her colleagues, describes an unparalleled deterioration in his working conditions.
While she had taken eight days of vacation at Christmas, she had to come back to work for four.
From the outset, she evokes "
a general fed up and a big turnover
".
Most of the elders who ensured "
security thanks to their experience
" Are gone.
Conclusion: it is the news, with often “
incomplete
” training, which guides the newly arrived employees.
Two steps away, Stéphanie deplores a deteriorating quality of care.
Prioritize and act quickly, that's the watchword since the Covid-19 pandemic.
Even if it means tinkering, in the light of the adhesive plaster "
on strike
" glued to his back.
“
We can no longer take an hour to reassure a child before giving him an infusion
,” laments this nurse for two decades.
In a traumatic vital emergency service for the parents, the time is no longer either for support.
Impossible, for example, to slow down the pace to let them participate in the toilet.
The staff claims two job creations
“
We need at least one reception post and a childcare worker in support
,” claims Gilbert Mouden, staff representative at the Sud Santé Sociaux union at the Bordeaux University Hospital.
“
Currently, the childcare workers confide in each other the two children they have in charge to accompany other patients or meet the vital needs of other services when the red telephone rings
”, explains the one who is also an anesthesiologist in the emergency room.
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Discussions are open with the management, informed of this strike movement which has mobilized the service since December 26.
It promises the creation of a reception station, the equipment of the service with secure videophones to relieve the staff and a reassessment of the organization of the work of the teams.
Extended to specialist nurses and childcare workers by official decree on December 23, the critical care premium will be established in accordance with ministerial commitments.
Bordeaux University Hospital executives and staff representatives are to meet this Thursday to discuss the terms of these improvements.
