“This will inevitably involve a new workload,” warns the National Intern Union

“The fact that there is a drop of 1,500 interns this year will inevitably mean a new workload for interns”warns Friday August 16 on franceinfo Yassine Bahr, vice-president of the National Inter-Union of Interns, intern in visceral and digestive surgery at the CHU of Caen.

The government has opened 8,000 intern positions for the start of the school year, 1,500 fewer than in 2023. Yassine Bahr therefore fears that the workload “which is already huge” become “all the more important subsequently”He recalls that in large hospital centers, interns “are already running the services” and represent “40% of doctors present in university hospitals”. And the intern warns of the consequences of this reduction in the number of new interns on the reception of patients, with “an impact on guards and the continuity of care during the night”According to him, this will significantly increase the waiting time of patients. “inevitable”.

The government is considering the possibility of recruiting FFIs, “interns”, who are, according to it, “for the majority of foreign doctors”. He greets “a great idea” but fears that it is “complicated to hire them” by November. “These are doctors who do not come from France and who require training, and sometimes have difficulties even with language”he judges.