This ambulance driver will cycle from Toulouse to Paris to demand a revaluation of his profession
A journey from the University Hospital of Purpan, in Toulouse, to Paris and the Ministry of Health. Thierry Cubury, 56-year-old ambulance driver, decided to ride his bike for hundreds of kilometers in order to shed light on the fight led by his profession, in order to be recognized as a nursing staff
It will begin its journey of more than 800 kilometers on Tuesday morning, in order to reach its point of arrival a week later, on November 30, the day when the representatives of the ambulance staff will defend their claims to the ministry. He will pass through Agen, Bordeaux, Angoulême, Poitiers or Chartres, accommodated by colleagues and trade unionists. All to show his determination.
Bravo to Thierry from @CHUdeToulouse who will leave from #toulouse by bike to carry the demands of #ambulance # hospitals in front of @Sante_Gouv November 30. @sedative @ChicheArnaud @SUdF_Officiel @ AMUFAMUF1 @InterUrg @CollectInterHop @SFMU_MS @CNEWS @TPMP @BFMTV @LCI pic.twitter.com/kYb8TFnmRv
– AFASH (@AFASH_) November 8, 2021
“I know it’s going to be hard, that my legs will hurt, but I want our demands to be taken seriously,” he told France 3 Occitanie. Considered as technicians in the logistics sector (category C hospital civil servants), ambulance drivers want to be recognized as genuine caregivers (category B). This allows them to obtain a revaluation of wages and their career.
“We do not transport furniture, we transport human lives”
“In the midst of the crisis (of the Covid, editor’s note) we called-as caregivers”, reminding the vaccination obligation to the paramedics had to comply. “Now sur is back to being simple drivers. It touched us ”.
As a reminder, during an intervention, the crew of a Samu (or Smur) is most often made up of a doctor, a nurse and an ambulance driver, who drives the vehicle. “We don’t transport furniture, we transport human lives,” recalls Thierry Cubury.
Thinking that the Ségur de la santé would make it possible to change their situation, the paramedics consider themselves to be among the largely forgotten. Nearly 500 of them are therefore expected on November 30 in Paris. Thierry Cubury hopes for his part that his trip will draw the attention of public opinion to their situation.