Healthcare in a heatwave: French hospitals and aged care homes bear the brunt of rising temperatures

According to France 24, France's healthcare system is buckling under the strain of intensifying heatwaves, with temperatures regularly exceeding forty degrees Celsius. Hospitals are overburdened, aged care homes struggle to protect vulnerable residents, and mortuaries are reaching capacity—a sign that extreme heat is no longer seasonal but a persistent public health crisis requiring urgent systemic response.

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