https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 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. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160926/frances-hospital-doctors-stage-week-long-strike Mon, 26 Sep 2016 14:55:30 +0200 frances-hospital-doctors-stage-week-long-strike Numerous migrants have allegedly been charged hefty fees for the medical certificates which are necessary in some cases to receive a residence permit. https://www.thelocal.fr/20160516/french-doctors-accused-of-extorting-migrants Mon, 16 May 2016 13:53:24 +0200 french-doctors-accused-of-extorting-migrants A French osteopath whose list of famous clients included Pablo Picasso and Rudolf Nureyev was on Thursday sentenced to eight years in jail on appeal for raping and sexually assaulting female patients. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151113/french-osteopath-to-stars-gets-8-years-for-sex-crimes Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:49:29 +0100 french-osteopath-to-stars-gets-8-years-for-sex-crimes A French appeal court on Saturday partially overturned the acquittal of a French emergency room doctor for the poisoning deaths of seven terminally ill patients, handing him a suspended two-year sentence. https://www.thelocal.fr/20151025/court-convicts-french-euthanasia-doctor Sun, 25 Oct 2015 11:01:09 +0100 court-convicts-french-euthanasia-doctor Angry French doctors and health workers staged a protest march across the capital on Sunday, gathering more than 40,000 people according to organisers and 19,000 according to police. https://www.thelocal.fr/20150316/doctors-paris-protests-france Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:58:24 +0100 doctors-paris-protests-france Those spending Christmas in France this year might want to baste their turkey with Vitamin C and avoid off-piste skiing as GPs in L'Hexagone begin a weeklong strike on Tuesday. Here's what you should do if you do fall ill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141223/french-gps-strike Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:39:00 +0100 french-gps-strike France is bracing for a major strike over the Christmas period by overworked doctors, including casualty staff and specialists, unhappy about a new health bill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141222/france-braces-for-major-doctors-christmas-strike Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:25:35 +0100 france-braces-for-major-doctors-christmas-strike French women fed up with inappropriate comments or behaviour from gynaecologists have taken to Twitter in their thousands to vent their spleen. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141127/angry-french-women-shame-gynecologists-on-twitter Thu, 27 Nov 2014 11:03:00 +0100 angry-french-women-shame-gynecologists-on-twitter You might have more reason than ever not to fall sick over Christmas if you're in France this year. GPs are being urged by unions to shut up their surgeries over the Christmas period in protest against a new government health bill. https://www.thelocal.fr/20141020/french-gps-urged-to-strike-over-christmas Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:14:00 +0200 french-gps-urged-to-strike-over-christmas Under a shroud of secrecy the second French patient has received an artificial heart transplant from doctors working to perfect the pioneering procedure, just months after the world's first recipient died. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140905/artificial-heart-implant-second-france Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:00:00 +0200 artificial-heart-implant-second-france France's reputation for having an excellent healthcare system got a boost recently from a study that said it is the best one in the world for retired expats. However, another report noted there's a dark side to France's services. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140725/france-has-worlds-best-healthcare-for-expats-study Fri, 25 Jul 2014 19:58:00 +0200 france-has-worlds-best-healthcare-for-expats-study The French would no longer have to pay a penny up front for doctor’s visits and would be able to reach a practitioner 24 hours a day by phone, under a sweeping proposal to reform France’s healthcare system. Here’s five key points about the planned changes. https://www.thelocal.fr/20140619/france-ponders-making-doctors-visits-free Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:56:00 +0200 france-ponders-making-doctors-visits-free A doctor from Algeria was sentenced to 12 years behind bars for his role in kidnapping Algerian children born to single mothers and putting them up for sale in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130528/doctor-jailed-for-trafficking-babies-to-france Tue, 28 May 2013 13:47:00 +0200 doctor-jailed-for-trafficking-babies-to-france A patient recovering from heart surgery has launched legal action after finding his doctor left him more than a prescription for painkillers. Mysterious pains led to the discovery of several pieces of a metal probe in his arteries. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130424/heart-surgeon-leaves-16-cm-of-metal-in-patient Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:28:00 +0200 heart-surgeon-leaves-16-cm-of-metal-in-patient The doctor for the French version of hit reality TV show "Survivor" killed himself in Cambodia on Monday, saying in a suicide note that the media had "sullied" his name after a contestant in his care died of a heart attack. https://www.thelocal.fr/20130402/survivor-doctor-kills-himself-after-unfair-accusations Tue, 02 Apr 2013 09:40:00 +0200 survivor-doctor-kills-himself-after-unfair-accusations A new book written by two doctors claims over half of the medicines are available in France are ineffective, and 5 percent of them are even dangerous. https://www.thelocal.fr/20120913/doctors-claim-half-of-drugs-useless-5-dangerous Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:38:00 +0200 doctors-claim-half-of-drugs-useless-5-dangerous