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Anger of liberal nurses: salaries and arduousness at the heart of the demands
Anger of liberal nurses: salaries and arduousness at the heart of the demands – (franceinfo)
In Nîmes, in the Gard, liberal nurses were pulling to make their discontent heard by the population, Saturday February 17. The cause is salaries that are too low, unrecognized hardship and an administrative burden that is too high.
Liberal nurses tow at a toll booth in Nîmes (Gard), Saturday February 17 in the morning. They want to alert motorists about their working conditions and make clear demands: an increase in the prices of their actions, simplification of administration or even an increase in mileage allowances. For a nurse, rounds start at 6:30 a.m. She spends half her time on the road and receives 2.75 euros gross in compensation for each trip. “We can’t get out of this anymore“, she confides.
“At the end of the day, you hurt everywhere”
Liberal nurses also demand recognition of the arduousness of their work. “We wash her in her bed every morning, we mobilize her on her own, and all of this is not recognized as arduous work, although I can assure you that at the end of the day, we have back pain, pain everywhere“, testifies this nurse. To get by financially, everyone is forced to increase the number of treatments.
