“It sends shivers down the spine that our colleagues were attacked in this way with knives”, testifies FO

“It sends shivers down our spines that our colleagues were stabbed in this way. It’s inexplicable“, testifies Monday, May 22 on franceinfo Cédric Renard, secretary general FO at the CHU of Reims. A nurse and a medical secretary were injured with a knife on Monday, May 22 in the hospital of Reims. A suspect was arrested and placed in police custody for acts of attempted assassination, specifies the parquet floor of Reims.

“Over the past few years, we have seen an upsurge in verbal aggression towards our healthcare colleagues.“, continues Cédric Renard. “The work carried out by our agents is done in conditions that are not always optimal.“, he denounces.

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During his arrest, the suspect indicated that he was angry with the hospital environment, according to information from franceinfo from a close source. Making incoherent remarks, he claimed to have been mistreated for several years in psychiatric circles. He assured that every time he comes across a white coat, he “will plant“because he wants”get revenge“. The suspect has a profile of “imbalance“, according to a police source. A knife was found in a pocket of his pants, France Télévisions learned from a police source.

“All hospitals are affected by the lack of staff“, denounces Cédric Renard. All this pushes us to “working at tight flow is understaffed which leads to very complicated management situations“, he explains. “We have a population that is less and less understanding and that cannot imagine the tension that colleagues can have in the services and inevitably people are dissatisfied and rebel against our colleagues“, he details.

We want “personnel accordingly in the services“and it must”the population realizes the service rendered and the work carried out in our hospitals“, it’s necessary “trust” to “caregivers“, concludes Cédric Renard.