Employees once again denounce compulsory overtime, overwork and the lack of recognition on the part of the management of the Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (ciussu) from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. These elements, say the unions, are causing an increase in resignations.
President of the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean Healthcare Professionals Union (FIQ), Julie Bouchard believes that when departures are not motivated by sick leave, they are explained by resignations.
We let the health network crumble for several years and here we are facing the wall so now, this is the blow that must be given to ensure that in the future, we are not yet stuck with it. a workload like that and with the same issues
, hammered Julie Bouchard.
Employees are of the opinion that these departures have a domino effect and cause a delay in the provision of services, to the detriment of users.
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, continues Julie Bouchard.
The waiting lists in the operating room are, according to the union representative, a glaring example of the lack of resources.
Better salary
Salary also remains an issue, while the mainly female staff are demanding increases.
Currently, not to invest in the network is to attack the entire condition of women
, opines for her part Nancy Poulin, regional representative of the Alliance of professional and technical personnel in health and social services (APTS).
Out of breath, cry from the heart, at arm’s length: expressions that come up day after day when it comes to the morale of healthy troops. The situation is made worse by the pandemic.
The ciussu He too continues to repeat the same speech, that is to say that the labor situation remains difficult and that colossal efforts are being made to find solutions.
The lack of manpower is a complex problem requiring long-term and collaborative work. We are in action, with all our partners, to find lasting solutions by relying on several considerations, namely the availability of resources, occupancy rates, the health portrait of our population and clinical relevance.
, said Julie Labbé, President and CEO of ciussu of Saguenay – Lac-Saint-Jean, by press release.
The ciussu says he is grateful to the staff, to whom he says he has a sincere admiration in these difficult times.
With Titouan Bussiere
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