This is the fourteenth day of NATO’s "Determined Force" operation against the Serb military forces. Report in one of the supermarkets of the Parisian suburbs where the French Red Cross collects donations in kind, intended for Albanian families, which host Kosovar refugees. Interview with Cécile GIRAUD, of the Bondy Red Cross, who lists the products requested. Interviewed, Robert SEBBAG, Director of International Operations of the Red Cross explains: "We must put a lot of emphasis on the Albanian families that welcome refugees, because it is true that it avoids camps ..".
Topic on the actions implemented by the Red Cross in favor of children: distribution of milk and care provided to children to fight against malnutrition and disease.
Today, the Red Cross invited 2,000 children from the suburbs of Ile de France to the acclimatization garden, in order to federate the release of its Christmas stamp. Interview with Lionel VALLET of the French Red Cross. Micro-sidewalks, children say what the Red Cross means to them.
The French Red Cross launches a communication campaign. It is looking for volunteers to help people in difficulty. Interviewed, Jean-François MATTEI, President of the French Red Cross, explains: "We need volunteers who are committed to our side to come to the aid of all those who are in difficulty, in suffering, in instability...".
Interviewed, Marcelin CARAUD, President of the French Red Cross, explains the differences between the French Red Cross and the International Red Cross.
They will be all weekend near the red lights, all over France, to collect donations again, and among these volunteers, a woman who has been their godmother for ten years now, Adriana KAREMBEU. Report in Boulogne-Billancourt where a harvest took place today for the Red Cross. Factual images alternate with the interview with Didier PIARD, director of the social action French Red Cross and the testimony of a resident.
Report on the organization of the French Red Cross during the Second World War. Teams of volunteers are present in the main cities of France. They help the wounded during bombings
A l'hôpital des enfants de Purpan a été lancée l'opération "L'hôpital de mon doudou!". Les ours en peluche permettent de dédramatiser le passage de l'enfant sur la table d'opération.
Music and theatre are invited to the hospital in Moulins. A clown and a violinist have chosen to bring a little sweetness and fantasy to the hospitalized children and their parents, a moment of escape in the very medicalized universe of this hospital service.
Promote access to art and culture. This is one of the missions that the national scene of Valenciennes, the Phoenix, has set for itself. She has just signed an original partnership with the city’s hospital. For the next 4 years, the artists and shows will move around the Hospital.
Intervention by Professor Raymond HOUDART, head of the neurosurgery department in Laribosière, about the heavy responsibility of the doctor whatever the act practiced, with or without machine: "we should be saints but we are only poor guys".
Debate on euthanasia and more precisely on the difficulty for a patient or a doctor to make a decision, the approach to death being experienced differently by each. The guests are François SARDA, lawyer, Gabriel DURAND, hospital chaplain, Jacques MADAUL, writer, Louis-Vincent THOMAS, sociologist, Professor Alexandre MINKOWSKI, head of the department of neonatal medicine at Port Royal and Professor Raymond HOUDART, Chief of neurosurgery at Laribosière. The viewers are Mrs LEVY and Mrs CHUFFART, who gave birth to handicapped children, Mrs GANEAU and Mrs TASEI, whose parents died in great suffering and Mrs DEFAWES.
In France, 200,000 people are affected by Parkinson’s disease. 25,000 new cases are reported each year. Fortunately, research has made considerable progress. Patients are treated in hospitals such as the CHU de Limoges or the Timone Hospital in Marseille, which organises workshops to learn how to live with the disease. The commentary on images of patients in consultation or in their professional environment alternates with interviews of patients Guy TERRY, Claudette PAPANICOLAS and Sandrine SERRE, by Frédéric TORNY, neurologist, and Jean-Philippe AZULAY, Head of the Interregional Coordination Centre for Parkinson’s Disease, which suggests treatments to slow the disease down.
With Parkinson’s disease since the age of 61, Marie-Alice BENEL constantly fights against the disease. For her, controlling her movements is a fight of every moment. She decided to continue living as if she were not sick and, above all, to participate in daily sports. The commentary on images of Marie-Alice BENEL filmed at her home, practicing apnea in the pool and walking alternately with an interview where she explains how sport helps her to slow the progression of the disease.
Practiced in fifteen hospitals in France, deep brain electrostimulation is a medical technique that allows patients with Parkinson’s to reduce their tremors. At the University Hospital of Rennes, Bernard DACO explains that the electrodes implanted in his brain allowed him to regain the use of his right hand. Professor Marc VÉRIN, neurologist, describes the management of patients throughout Brittany.
Suffering from Parkinson’s disease, François CAVANNA gives a disturbing testimony in his book "Honeymoon". In this interview, he explains his difficulties to write legibly, to walk... According to him, "A Parkinsonian is much more an advanced old man than a sick man."
With Parkinson’s disease since he was 42 years old, Laurent MASSI recounts the first symptoms and explains how he manages to live and work despite the disease. He does not hesitate to ask for help and to talk about it around him.