French Doctors, Airport Staff Strike

World | January 22, 2004, Thursday // 00:00
French Doctors, Airport Staff Strike French doctors took to the streets in protest against some governmental motions to cut medical staff. They criticized also the creeping privatisation of French public healthcare system, one of most highly rated in the world. Photo by AFP.

French doctors and airport staff staged protests on Thursday, a day after a train strike upset travel in a week of protests in various sectors to pressure the conservative government over its economic reforms, Reuters reported. Doctors took to the streets to protest against chronic understaffing and what some believe is creeping privatization of one of the world's most highly rated public healthcare systems.

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