In the Covid-19 intensive care unit of the Antony Private Hospital south of Paris, no bed stays free for long and medics wonder when their workload will finally peak.
Paris hospitals are fast approaching saturation point because of snowballing Covid admissions and may be forced to turn patients away, top officials warned on Sunday.
Intensive care units at Paris hospitals will be packed with Covid-19 patients as soon as next week, the system's chief warned Tuesday, ratcheting up expectations that President Emmanuel Macron is preparing tougher measures to slow the surge in cases.
France on Wednesday reported 278 new deaths from
coronavirus but also announced a steep fall in the number of hospital
patients, as the country prepares to gradually ease its lockdown.
Protests over working conditions at French hospitals have intensified after 1,200 medical staff threatened to quit their administrative duties in an attempt to force the government back to the negotiating table.
The French health service is in crisis and its reputation is at risk along with the lives of patients and the mental and physical health of beleaguered staff. That's the message from a Paris nurse and spokeswoman for the protest movement that launched nationwide strike action on Thursday.
Hospital emergency room staff have been on strike in France for three months, and despite the recent efforts of the French health minister, they are set to continue. So, why exactly are they so angry?
One of the biggest hospitals in Paris was forced to close its doors "out of precaution" on Friday after it received a bomb threat from an anonymous caller, according to reports in France.
Hospital doctors in France have started what they're calling a "massive" strike in protest of what they consider to be poor working conditions and major shortages.
Two hospitals in northern France have begun carrying out surgery on British patients under a new agreement with Britain's National Health Service (NHS), officials said Friday.
Medics who treated the hundreds of victims of the Paris terror attacks have spoken of their harrowing experience and how many of them initially thought the emergency was part of a drill.
Hospital patients in the south east of England could soon be travelling over the Channel to undergo surgery in northern France as part of a new deal with French authorities. Language will not be an issue says the French hospital in Calais.
A gynecologist at a hospital in France has been charged this week for causing "unintentional injury" to a young mum, who had to have four limbs partially amputated following an abortion.
Foreigners will be forced to pay upfront for treatment in Paris hospitals to try and cut down on the €120 million of unpaid health bills, many of which have been clocked up by residents of the US.
A leaked memo from France's intelligence services says that the country's hospital emergency wards are on the brink of "social implosion" due to overworked staff and angry patients. One union leader told The Local it's become like Britain's NHS under Margaret Thatcher.
Australian health care provider Ramway has become France's largest private hospital operator after announcing on Wednesday that it had taken control of Générale de Santé.
