Today, we think of a charity as an organisation which supplies money or goods (Les Restos du Coeur), skills or training (Médecins sans frontières), to those in need and, in English, this is the predominant meaning of the word.
Covid and flu lurk in the wings. It is easy to make an appointment on line and even to consult some doctors and specialists via video call, which could be more practical and reassuring for some.
Sauv’Life- an app that could be a matter of life or death will guide volunteers in the viccinty to administer emergency first aid to heart attack sufferers
Can’t find a doctor or a dentist because no one seems to be taking on new patients?
‘Tis the season to be jolly, but also to be kind to those around us, and the planet! After a year particularly affected by conflict, the displacement of people, poverty and the spread of disease, French disability charity, Handicap International are running a festive campaign that’s easy to support.
In time honoured French tradition, the firemen and public service providers may soon be knocking at your door to offer you their Christmas calendar.
If you are a resident of France, you should be registered with a specific doctor, a médecin traitant. If you do not have a nominated GP, you will receive less money back from the Assurance Maladie (National Health) via your carte vitale.
Building on the principle of the dossier médical partagé (DMP), the new(ish) online health platform, Mon espace santé, is recent initiative from the French Ministry of Health.
Century 21 supports local and underprivileged children by organising LA COLLECTE DE JOUETS CENTURY 21
Book Club: What can you say when a bright and beautiful little girl loses the battle against that most treacherous of enemies – cancer? How do you find the words? ‘Alice et les Petits Guerriers’ is a sensitive and thought provoking book written by her Dad, Olivier, charting her struggle – and that of her family in Argelès – on this tragic journey.