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Bedbugs: French authority warns against banned insecticide
The product is still circulating despite being linked to four recent deaths
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My car broke down - and the reality of life in rural France hit me hard
Columnist Samantha David laments a lack of understanding about travel challenges in rural France
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My French health journey: no-pain knee replacement took 90 minutes
Graham Barton, 68, moved from the UK to Brittany in 2018, and discovered soon afterwards that he required surgery to replace his joint. He explains what the process involves in France
NHS amusement
I have lived in France for 12 years and am amused to see how people miss the UK health service.
While I was living in the UK, l had back pain for four months, then was sent back and forth between a doctor and physio, then offered blanket paracetamol.The only way to cure it was to go privately for two spinal injections at a cost of £2,500 each.
I am sorry to admit that the health service in France is far superior to the UK as my wife worked in the NHS as a trained nurse all her life.
Brian Edwards
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