On the groundThe situation for several thousand foreign doctors working in French hospitals has become more complicated since the end of the exemption scheme put into place during the Covid-19 pandemic. Hospital services under threat without foreign doctorsSeveral hospital department heads, particularly in the Paris region, have warned that they will be "forced to close" if no more foreign doctors are hired. Meanwhile, foreign doctors are suffering, as almost 1,900 of them are unable to work at the moment. Mostapha joined his fellow doctors and a French union delegation in a meeting at the French health ministry on February 16, 2024. The unions say the test is "too academic", "random", "opaque" and "discriminatory for doctors working more than 60 hours a week".

Source: The North Africa Journal February 19, 2024 22:43 UTC