Paris police fire tear gas at health worker protest
Telegraph, 17 Jun 2020
French police fired tear gas at lingerers in an effort to clear the Place des Invalides at the end of a protest march by thousands of hospital workers.
Their demonstration for better pay and more investment in the country's public hospital system degenerated after angry mobs of hooded individuals, many wearing gasmasks, threw paving stones at police who had taken position along a street adjacent to Invalides golden-dome monument.
Although French hospitals are considered to be among the world's best, they struggled to handle a rush of COVID-19 patients after years of cost cuts.
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Their demonstration for better pay and more investment in the country's public hospital system degenerated after angry mobs of hooded individuals, many wearing gasmasks, threw paving stones at police who had taken position along a street adjacent to Invalides golden-dome monument.
Although French hospitals are considered to be among the world's best, they struggled to handle a rush of COVID-19 patients after years of cost cuts.
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Telegraph.co.uk and YouTube.com/TelegraphTV are websites of The Telegraph, the UK's best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.
