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L鈥橝ssociation des M茅decins Urgentistes de France (AMUF) has three days after health minister Agn猫s Buzyn responded to the growing crisis with a series of 12 measures that she said were designed to ease the problems.

These measures included diverting 鈧�750 million to emergency care by 2022; creating a new 鈥�service d鈥檃cc猫s aux soins鈥� that the public can call 24 hours a day, seven days a week; and providing more dedicated services for elderly people.

AMUF is the first doctors鈥� association to join the movement, which has been gathering support over the past six months.

The strike action was first launched by paramedic group, Inter-Urgences. According , 250 services across France are now on strike.

Patrick Pelloux, president of AMUF, : 鈥淲e have decided to join the movement. We are not at all on board [with the minister鈥檚 measures]. This money is totally not suitable. We are asking emergency doctors to declare themselves on strike in the services that are already on strike.鈥�

He also launched an appeal to other doctors鈥� unions and associations to join, and 鈥渢ake responsibility鈥�.

Mr Pelloux : 鈥淭his plan is useless and harmful, and does not address problems that we have had for years. We know that this money will be taken from elsewhere.鈥�

Ms Buzyn has been criticised for failing to address salary levels, or the need for extra hospital beds and resources.

Mr Pelloux also said that Mr Buzyn鈥檚 new 鈥�service d鈥檃cc猫s aux soins鈥� was not feasible, given that the existing SAMU departments are already facing recruitment problems, and called for 鈥渁cknowledgement of the wider hospital problems鈥�.

AMUF will now join all strike action organised by the group, including local protests set for September 26.

Hugo Huon, leader at Inter-Urgences, more doctors to join, and said: 鈥淭he doctors joining us on strike opens up new possibilities to highlight the movement.鈥�