"We can't do this anymore," said Jean-Luc Jouve, Head of Pediatric Orthopedics at the hospital Timone in Marseille to the French newspaper Libération. The move - which French newspaper Libération calls a "historic bras-de-fer" (strong-arming) - will not affect patient care, according to the staffers. By mid-November some 268 hospital emergency wards were classed as being on strike, leading to urgent operations being cancelled in hospitals across France. EXPLAINED: Why French hospital emergency rooms are in crisisSo what's gone wrong? We have an ageing population and more long term illnesses so we need systemic reform to provide more medical services in the community and less hospital care.

Source: The Local January 14, 2020 09:00 UTC