France is expecting a major strike over the Christmas period by overworked doctors. The casualty staff and specialists are also unhappy about the new health bill.
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From Tuesday, though, the situation will worsen as GPs and specialists will close shop in protest at certain aspects of an upcoming health bill, which notably will allow pharmacists to vaccinate patients -- an act that is currently almost exclusively reserved to doctors.
In Paris and its suburbs, hospitals have been ordered to activate a special crisis plan to help deal with the number of people who would normally have gone to a GP but will be going to a hospital instead.
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The strikes will top a week of stoppages in other sectors.
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And since Friday, sales staff at Paris's Eiffel Tower have closed their souvenir stores to demand a pay rise.
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