Letters: the reality of finding a new doctor or dentist in france

FINDING A REPLACEMENT IS NIGH IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS CONNEXION READER IN LOT-ET-GARONNE To the Editor, I read your recent article about finding a new doctor or dentist after the present one

retires. Do you have any idea how difficult/impossible that is? HOW TO FIND A DENTIST IN FRANCE We live in Lot-et-Garonne. Yesterday evening I broke a tooth very badly. and this morning

spent three hours on the telephone trying to find a dentist – nothing.  One of them offered me an appointment in about 10 days’ time – me with a bad tooth! A few months ago a close friend

lost his doctor, who was retiring – no automatic replacement. He spent several days phoning around to try to get a doctor to accept him and his partner - despite my friend having

difficulties with skin cancer. After many many calls, he persuaded a doctor to accept him, but not his partner.  He now has to drive 30km to see this doctor. Read more: AI used to tackle

dermatologist shortage in France We have a dermatologist locally for my wife who has skin problems. She is seen as a favour by a local lady dermo who is semi-retired and practices only two

mornings a month! There are virtually no other dermatologists in this area. If there are any, they will just not accept any new patients. This is the real world here in this region. Your

gentle, complacent article completely missed the point. Peter Lyons, by email What is your experience of finding a medical professional in France? Let us know at [email protected]