France Paris Provinces . Click above to search this site or the Internet. Hospital facilities, although greatly expanded since World War II, are still considered inadequate.
Doctors tend to be concentrated in the cities and are in short supply in some rural areas.
The death rate, life expectancy, and infant mortality rate are similar to those of other industrialized nations. As is true of most developed countries, the principal causes of death are cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Midnight visits to local public hospitals can be frightening and confusing, since the interns on duty often speak little English. French pharmacies almost invariably sport a distinctive bright green cross in the shape of the Red Cross logo. At night times and on Sundays, the Commissariat de Police of the district where you reside will inform you of the nearest pharmacy open and the address of the nearest doctor on duty.