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Macron: Health problems may intensify in coming years

The problems in the health sector in France, which is struggling with hospitals full of patients, but also with the lack of health personnel in rural areas, are likely to intensify in the coming years, as President Emmanuel Macron emphasized during his New Year’s message , to health workers.

“We are facing a situation that will get worse in terms of demographics in the health sector,” Macron said, emphasizing France’s aging population, which means more doctors and nurses are retiring without being replaced by an equal number. qualified medical and nursing staff.

The health sector in France has been suffering in recent years, with the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbating the problem of staff shortages in both hospitals and clinics. During the pandemic, several health workers preferred to resign, intensifying the problem of staff shortages.

Outlining his government’s priorities for the sector, Macron said that raising wages alone was not enough to make medical and nursing work more attractive, adding that his government would work to speed up the recruitment of medical staff. , but also the strengthening of cooperation between the actors involved in the health system in France.

Source: News Beast

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