Anti-austerity strike closes French emergency rooms

Tuesday, 02 July 2019 7:35 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 02 July 2019 9:41 PM ]

Medical staff and nurses lie on the pavement in front of the Bordeaux's city hall as they take part in a demonstration on July 2, 2019, a day of national strike called by public hospital emergency services unions for all health facilities. (Photo by AFP)

Ramin Mazaheri
Press TV, Paris

France’s hospital staff continue to say that round after round of budget cuts has drastically reduced the national health care system. They took the drastic step of walking out of hospital emergency rooms in order to grab the attention of the nation and the government.

Ramin Mazaheri reports from Paris.

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