(en) France, Alternative Libertaire AL #250 - Health: Les
Lilas are not dead (fr, it, pt)[machine translation]
After three years of threat of closure and broken promises of the government, the
reconstruction of the maternity Lilac finally seems possible ... But in a way that raises
questions in many ways. ---- Following the betrayals of the regional health agency and the
Minister Touraine, who interrupted the initial reconstruction project of local maternity
Lilac long outdated and inadequate, none of the proposed alternatives had been considered
acceptable the team of motherhood and collective support. ---- A disturbing solution is
today: the backing of a private clinic in profit Floreal, located near the old site, in
the municipality of Bagnolet. This recovery would be coupled with an engaging hands of the
board by Docte Gestio company "shark" of the management of health facilities. The optics
of this private group is clear: the pursuit of profit. And he laid his demands: a majority
on the board of the association Birth, umbrella motherhood.
Grasp a private group
This solution was proposed and denied there several months by all wage earners, and was
proposed again in February 2015, while the risk of bankruptcy was done urgently. It is
currently being studied, although wage earners seem to support CA's position and accept in
desperation. There is no certainty or the number of jobs to be saved, nor on the project
continued prospects of motherhood: to provide freedom of choice to women wishing to give
birth or abortion, propose alternatives to and surmédical individualized support to patients.
If the majority of employees, the key issue is to safeguard jobs in a deficit context,
also the question of the direction of continued activity in the grip of a private group,
under conditions yet indeterminate, and ultimately could even result in the acquisition of
motherhood. Moreover, the negotiations between CA and ministry took place in a certain
opacity, which did not favor the climate of trust and the union of wage earners, and
support managers. This led the Board President to resign in March, denouncing the lack of
democratic functioning within the struggle.
Although the media have relayed the case under an optimistic day, no final solution is
stopped for the moment; and if the "project Floreal" were to emerge, it would be to defend
the interests and working conditions of wage earners, and support the philosophy of Lilac.
The fight is far from over.
Clemence (AL Paris-Northeast)
http://www.alternativelibertaire.org/?Sante-Les-Lilas-ne-sont-pas-morts
