The CHU of Saint-Etienne was awarded the premium to some students who had not even participated in the reserve health.

This is the cold shower for several dozens of students of the faculty of medicine of Saint-Etienne that will be required to repay the premium Covid given by error at the end of June by the CHU local. The hospital, with which volunteered students to boost the number of stretcher-bearers, orderlies, or nurses as part of the reserve health, the indicated be notified by e-mail to the students concerned that they will have to return the premium, confirming information on the regional daily Progress.

The decree laying down the conditions of eligibility and the amount of the premium not having been published the 13 June in the official Journal, “of the adjustments should be carried out for certain to whom it was paid by mistake at the end of June,” explained Juliette Andres, director of medical affairs of the CHU, stating that the error involved approximately 70 students.

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Among the conditions to be met to collect all the premium Covid, set at 1500 euros, you must have worked at least five half-days per week between march 1 and April 30, with less than 15 calendar days of absence during this period, says the decree.

Premium attributed to some students who had not participated in

“More than 150 students from the reserve health, 600 in cash the internal, will collect the premium, that the CHU of Saint-Etienne has paid a total of nearly 7,000 health professionals for a total amount of more than 10 million euros”, says Juliette Andres.

Clara Bonnavion, student representative at the Faculty of medicine of Saint-Etienne, suffered a few “false joys”, while recognizing that the hospital had paid the premium to some students who had not even participated in the reserve health.

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To give himself time to study the cases that can be contentious or difficult, the hospital has indicated that it will suspend for July refund requests time to conduct reviews on a case-by-case basis.