Doctors’ strike: why the Liberals are going to close their practice for two days

The strike is not in the culture of the liberal professions. But the fed up of city doctors is such that they call for the closure of their surgeries on the 1^er and December 2. Some even plan an indefinite strike from December 26… The mobilization was launched on social networks by the Médecins pour Demain collective created at the end of August – it has more than 14,000 members on Facebook to date -, a symptom of a dull anger that spreads. All medical unions support the movement, a first since 2015. “Many doctors who have never closed in their life will do so this time, so we legitimately think that the movement is going to be very popular.“, predicted Tuesday the president of the union UFML, Jérôme Marty.

The reasons for anger are many. First, city doctors are demanding an increase in their fees. After the billions of euros dumped on the hospital by the “Ségur de la santé”, the liberals feel forgotten. From where…