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PARIS, FRANCE - RECENT, JANUARY 2023: A French hospital union has criticized the management of hospitals in the country "like companies" for it causing a health system crisis. Gregory Leduc, federal secretary of health services of the FO-Sante union, told Anadolu that managing hospitals as if they were companies creates problems in terms of health materials. He also underlined a lack of personnel. "We observe the situation in emergency units, we see the waiting queues, and we also face difficulties in other units," Leduc said. The unionist added that France's health system was already facing troubles before the COVID-19 pandemic. "Institutions who offer public services should have reserves," according to Leduc. "The policies of the successive governments put hospitals in a situation like they are being run as if private companies." He also deplored the breakout of bronchiolitis just while COVID-19 was coming to an end. According to Leduc, hospital staff, tired of the government's inaction, has decided to launch strikes. He said 80% to 90% of the emergency nurses in around 10 hospitals in the country are on sick leave due to burnout. France lacks personnel and needs 200,000 recruitments, Leduc estimated, as he pointed out that the country has already 1 million healthcare workers in public hospitals. The unionist also said France has been lacking doctors for decades. He further said patients are rushing to emergency units due to the lack of general practitioners.(Footage by Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed /Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)