Breaking point: The crisis in France's hospitals

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By: Julia KIM | Stéphanie CHEVAL | Joanna COCKERELL | Sonia BARITELLO 1 min

This week we're focusing on the French healthcare system. It's rated as one of the best in the world, but it's facing an unprecedented crisis. For the past three months, in emergency rooms around the country, doctors and nurses have been on strike. They say they're fed up with deteriorating working conditions that are putting patients' lives in danger. We take a closer look at the crisis and at the government's response so far.