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Hospital doctors in Reims University Hospital begin Monday morning to switch off the life support machines for Vincent Lambert, a quadriplegic who has been in a vegetative state for more than 10 years, AFP learned from the patient's lawyer and family. The hugely controversial case has divided France. IMAGES of the Reims University Hospital
France's new Prime Minister Michel Barnier (LR), appointed on Thursday by Emmanuel Macron, is making his first field visit to the SAMU at Necker Hospital for Sick Children in Paris. IMAGES
British junior hospital doctors resume strike action which will last for five days, just one week before the country's general election in which the state of the publicly funded National Health Service is a major issue. The doctors have been asking for 35 percent "pay restoration" as a starting position amid a cost-of-living crisis. Labour's health spokesman Wes Streeting has said any Labour government would not meet the 35 percent demand but that there is "space for a discussion". IMAGES
French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is on board the Dixmude, a French helicopter carrier anchored in the Egyptian port of Al-Arich, where wounded civilians from Gaza are being treated. The minister is spending New Year's Eve aboard the French ship, anchored some 50 kilometers from the Rafah crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, where aid is trickling in. IMAGES
Doctors form a picket line outside the University College Hospital in Londonas England's hospital doctors begin their longest strike action yet in a move that health bosses fear will pile pressure on services at the busiest time of year. Six more days of industrial action are planned from January 3. IMAGES
French-Israeli hostage Mia Shem, 21, who was held by Hamas since October 7, arrives by helicopter at the Sheba hospital in Ramat Gan. Shem was released along with another hostage, 40-year-old Amit Soussana, according to Israeli authorities. IMAGES
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