Medical interns from Montpellier visited the river gorges and limestone plateaux of Lozère. Photograph: Michael Busselle/Corbis
France’s least populated region has come up with an uncommon incentive to attract a future generation of physicians.
With the variety of GPs in France in steady decline, the south-eastern Lozère area played host this weekend to fifty five health care interns from Montpellier, showing off its gastronomic delights and landscapes of river gorges and high limestone plateaux.
Lozère, recognized for roquefort cheese, has a population density of only 15 people a square kilometre. Sixty per cent of medical doctors in the area are over fifty five, according to regional official Valérie Cogoluegnes, who advised Le Figaro that the division wants an additional 6 or 7 doctors to join the 58 who are currently practising. Right up until now, French rural locations have attempted to boost healthcare cover by offering economic rewards to physicians. In light of intensifying competitors, Lozère made a decision to increase its game.
The French medical association last week launched a thorough atlas on the distribution of health care providers nationally, which showed that the quantity of GPs dropped by six.5% in between 2007 and 2014. The variety of experts, nonetheless, enhanced by six.one% above the exact same period.
The Paris region has been the worst hit by the disappearing physicians, with a single in 5 leaving over the 7 years. Seine-Saint-Denis is the worst-served region with a single GP for every single one,500 residents.
But even although Lozère is struggling from a shortage of GPs, the health-related atlas showed that at least some therapy was at hand for its residents: the variety of psychiatrists has doubled in the past seven years.
French area hopes open day will cure medical doctor decline
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