Hospitals in Ruins: France Is Letting Its Patients Die
Hospitals in Ruins: France Is Letting Its Patients Die
There is a 99-year-old woman who spent 64 hours on a stretcher in the emergency room at Rouen University Hospital before being given a bed. There is an 80-year-old man who died after waiting 10 hours on a stretcher at Nantes University Hospital. The numbers are staggering, and there are real people behind them—families fighting for their loved ones, healthcare workers at their wits’ end, and patients who can no longer receive the care they need.
According to a nurse in the emergency room at Clichy, the number of patients in the ER has...

