- Alexander Dorozynski
- Paris
Dr Lucien Abenhaïm, director general for health in the French government, resigned this week in the wake of a conflict over the death toll triggered by the recent heat wave. More than 3000, and possibly as many as 5000, deaths have been caused by the heat.
The heat related death rate in France has been much higher than in any other country in the European …
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