“this allows us to free up beds and try to relieve emergency room congestion”, according to an FO union delegate

“It allows us to free up beds and try to unclog emergency rooms because today, it’s completely overcrowded”reacted this Sunday on franceinfo Marc Reisdorf, FO union delegate of the SOS Santé group, while the white plan was activated in Moselle on Sunday September 17 by the ARS.

Activating a white plan allows establishment directors to reorganize themselves, for example by canceling operations considered non-urgent or by reorganizing staff schedules. This involves dealing with a tense situation in the department’s hospitals, particularly the emergency departments.

Geographic congestion in Moselle

According to Marc Reisdorf, this congestion is not due to Covid, but to the geographical location of the department.

“We are a border region, we have three countries, Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium where salaries are much higher and all of our medical and paramedical workforce, as soon as positions become available, will work there “

Marc Reisdorf, FO union representative of the SOS Santé group

at franceinfo

Of the revaluations insufficient salaries

“Wages and working conditions are significantly better than in France,” all of this “empties our hospitals and our services”. While at the beginning of September, the government announced salary increases for caregivers with a billion euros on the table, Marc Reisdorf believes that this is not enough.

“It’s no use. For us, on this side of the border, the salary of a non-profit private sector nurse is, in gross terms, around 2,500 euros. On the other side of the border, they start at almost double, the boost will not change the situation”

Marc Reisdorf, FO union representative of the SOS Santé group

at franceinfo

“For patients, the waits are endless,” must therefore “improve working conditions and bring in staff so that we can care for patients in dignified conditions”, says the Force Ouvrière union delegate.