le duhFrench Health Chief quits due to heat wave deaths. The health ministry is speculating that between 3,000 and 5,000 people may have died due to the extended heat wave across France. In the middle of that whole mess I caught a broadcast of of the BBC World News on my local PBS station, and the Beebs reported that nurses and doctors were having to cancel their holidays to care for patients. It was also reported that the hospitals were over capacity, and that patients were being stacked in rooms and hallways leaving next to no privacy. Lots of footage of patients being fanned by nurses accompanied this report. Why aren't (more?) french hospitals air conditioned? Might this have saved suffering, if not lives? |
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