In Paris, in front of the truck of the National Center of Blood Transfusion, passers-by are interviewed about what they think about the blood donation. A gentleman believes that "this is a gesture of solidarity that all French people should know". A young woman points out: "the blacks, the whites, the yellows, we all have the same blood, it is red". An old lady confessed to giving 55 times her blood and received a medal.
The 72 inhabitants of the village of Fargues sur Ourbise, in the Lot et Garonne, are champions of France blood donation. One in five citizens give blood five times a year. One of them tells how they arrived at this feat, thanks to the motivation of the village factor.
The opening of the 2nd family planning, after that of Grenoble which opened the way, is a place of advice and valuable information that couples or women came to seek to regulate births and fight abortion. The commentary on images of the centre alternates with interviews with couples and women about their expectations and situation.
The president of the Essonne General Council, Jérôme GUEDJ, has just adopted the launch of a reflection on sexual accompaniment by professionals for people with disabilities. Comment on factual images and interviews Frédéric (handicapped) and Jérôme GUEDJ (PS President of the Essonne General Council).
En Suisse, l'assistance sexuelle pour personnes handicapées est reconnue par la loi. Deux assistants sexuels diplômés, Jacques Arnould et Judith Arreger, témoignent de leur expérience.
Charly VALENZA, president of the association "Asexybilité", wants to legalize in France sexual assistance to people with disabilities, as is already the case in Switzerland or the Netherlands. He testifies.
Portrait of snowboarder Cécile HERNANDEZ, athlete with multiple sclerosis. The images of Cécile descending a track on her snowboard and warming up alternate with an interview where she explains her fight for sport and against disease. She concluded by: "Sport is my life and life is a sport."
On the set of the show, neurologist François LHERMITTE, uncle of actor Thierry LHERMITTE, explains the name of multiple sclerosis. He then shows drawings of the connections of the brain, described in a work by Charcot.
At the Institute of the Brain and Spinal Cord (ICM), researchers are working on the mechanisms of multiple sclerosis. Violetta ZUJOVIC, a doctor of neuroscience at CIM and a researcher at Inserm, explains how the disease works using synthetic images.
The nurses and hospital agents of the Tronche demonstrate against the "hospital-factory". They believe that the public hospital lacks staff and that working conditions are deficient.
The striking nurses protested on the street against the cancellation of a decree, on the basis of a complaint by a medical biologist, which broadened the scope of their jurisdiction. Interview one of them: "Our situation is difficult at the level of hospitals because too few staff; as a liberal there is a fee-for-service, any humanistic dimension is removed".
The nurses have been camping for 5 nights on Avenue de Ségur, in front of the Ministry of Health, to obtain a response to their demands. Report in the middle of the camp of nurses who receive many expressions of solidarity. Interviews with Rosie MEDINA, nurse, Eric RABETTE, nurse in Limoges and Maurice BENZAKIN, psychiatric nurse.
The nurses' strike is well attended in the regions, with more than 75% of them. They are calling for an increase in their salaries and a better recognition of their profession.
The presence of aluminum as an adjuvant in vaccines worries a number of French people because it is responsible for a number of serious pathologies. A woman who became ill following the administration of a vaccine testifies to the upheaval she suffered. Professor François Jérôme AUTHIER of the Henri Mondor Hospital in Créteil, has been studying macrophage myofascitis for several years. He explains the neuro-toxicity of aluminum and denounces its use in vaccines.
In an infant clinic, a professor talks about mandatory and "recommendable" vaccines in France. It explains the usefulness of vaccination in young children, even for diseases such as smallpox or diphtheria. It warns against the neglect of some families to vaccinate their children, which could lead to a resurgence of missing diseases such as tetanus.
Routine vaccination against hepatitis B is controversial. Many negative reactions were reported in vaccinated youth. An investigation by the Medicines Agency is underway to determine the existence of causality. Dr Philippe JACUBOVICZ created an association (Revahb) to identify all problem cases that arose after the vaccine. He explained that thanks to this association, the Drug Agency finally agreed to receive them and to hear them. Jean Marc ALEXANDRE, Director of Evaluation of the Drug Agency, confirms that there are many reports of sick people but that it is currently impossible to implicate the vaccine.