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Doctor Binet has placed his plate in Lozère. Doctor Jardel travels through 11 French departments in a motorhome to replace practitioners on leave. Portraits of two pioneers for whom medical deserts should not be inevitable.
After ten years in the emergency room of Beauvais, Doctor Binet decided to put his plate in Lozère. With wife and children, he begins his new life in a territory abandoned by his colleagues.
The approximately 500 inhabitants of Saint-Etienne-Vallée-Française will stop fearing the retirement of the village doctor, and the young general practitioner who arrives to support him will experience a very different pace of work.
In a motorhome…
Doctor Jardel, freshly graduated, chose to travel the French countryside in a motorhome. In the medical deserts of 11 departments, he comes to replace practitioners who have gone on leave.
Through these two portraits, “Special Envoy” shares the daily life of these new pioneers, for whom medical deserts should not be inevitable.
A report by Marion Cieutat, Mateo Masnada, Basel Al Hamwi rebroadcast in “Special Envoy” on June 15, 2023.
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