Lyon hospitals face emergency room overcrowding as medical staff call for the activation of the Plan blanc emergency protocol amid rising patient numbers and delays.
France's emergency hospital services face unprecedented pressure due to winter epidemics, a doctors' strike, and harsh weather, with a 40% surge in patient visits and emergency plans activated nationwide.
Heavy snowfall has led to a surge in ice-related injuries overwhelming French emergency rooms, compounded by flu and strikes, with authorities mobilizing extra medical staff.
Hospitals in Bouches-du-Rhône struggle under a severe flu and bronchiolitis outbreak amid staffing shortages and stable government funding.