CSQ nurses are calling for “more humanity” in the health network. They say it requires better working conditions and the time they have to care for their patients.
Delegates of the Health Federation, affiliated with CSQrepresenting 5,000 nurses, nursing assistants and respiratory therapists, has adopted a Declaration for greater human health.
While the Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé, wants to expand the area of the private health sector, as part of his “refoundation” of the health system, the Health Federation is urging the opposite to return nurses to public. network.
” This is probably against the grain of what the Minister wants, but we are convinced that it is really going through the staff. The health network should be a strong network, accessible to all. Moreover, it was actually when we opened access to private services that we saw working conditions deteriorate, that we saw people leave the network. “
He is of the opinion that the return of nurses to the public network is particularly dependent on the end of TSO – forced overtime – and through various means of reconciliation in work and family and personal life.
He criticized the government for acting unilaterally, through decrees or ministerial orders, instead of negotiating with unions to offer attractive bonuses and seek other sustainability and long-term tools. attraction.
Considered a machine
It means more humanity putting people back at the heart of the health care system, both workers and patients. Do the decisions we make favor people? That’s what we’re asking for: a more human health network, not a health network that is responsible for ‘‘ we need to reach such and such a goal financially; we need to get to such quotas ”. We want to consider the personexplained by Ms. Dumaine.
Forced overtime, there are no fewer people than that, than considered a machine that can run 24 hours a daybulalas ni Ms. Dumaine.
Through it Declaration for greater human health, FSQ also requires that you obtain stable positions, better work schedules, have more time to perform work in a professional manner and have access to all necessary protection measures, in addition to other things. Nurses also want to fully exercise their professional autonomy.
Source: Radio-Canada
