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Saint-Rémy-en-Comté. Crisis at the AHBFC: 200 people support the doctor threatened with dismissal

Saint-Rémy-en-Comté. Crisis at the AHBFC: 200 people support the doctor threatened with dismissal

Nearly 200 people gathered this Tuesday in front of the headquarters of the Bourgogne Franche-Comté Hospital Association (AHBFC) to support Dr. Longeron, the chief psychiatrist facing dismissal. The employees marched behind a coffin to denounce the deteriorating working conditions and their silence by management.

Dr. Jimmy Longeron, head physician at the Bourgogne Franche-Comté Hospital Association (AHBFC), received a hero's welcome. Arriving shortly before 10 a.m. this Tuesday in front of the institution's headquarters in Saint-Rémy, he broke through the crowd in a round of applause. Nearly 200 people (75 declared a strike with their management, or almost 4% of the staff) came to show their support for the psychiatrist , who was threatened with dismissal after sending an email raising several problems within the organization. The email was deemed "aggressive" by the board of directors, who summoned him this Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. for a pre-dismissal interview.

At 9:30 a.m., protesters gathered in front of the château, led by the Force Ouvrière union and supported by the CGT, CFDT, and the Vigilance Committee 70. Among the crowd were healthcare workers, managers, representatives of the administrative council, and people from outside the institution. Among them...

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