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Strike of nursing staff in France: "The solution is not only financial"

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Nursing staff on manifest strike in Paris on June 7, 2022. AFP - BERTRAND GUAY

By: Florent Guignard Follow

The public hospital is doing very badly in France.

Angry and tired, the caregivers are on strike to denounce the working conditions and the lack of staff, which are pushing to close services.

One month away from the summer holidays, the question of recruiting doctors and nurses is more crucial than ever.

Interview with Frédéric Pierru, researcher in social and political sciences at the CNRS.

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