2 500 enfants sont diagnostiqués d’un nouveau cancer Mais « il existe aujourd’hui une nouvelle machine mieux guérir et sauver nos enfants » explique la professeure Laëtitia Padovani Elle dirige les services de radiothérapie de l’hôpital de la Timone et de l’hôpital Nord et collabore avec 8 praticiens et 42 manipulateurs en radiothérapie Malheureusement, cette machine coûte très cher. 10 millions d’euros. C’est pourquoi les hôpitaux de Marseille (AP-HM) ont décidé de lancer un appel aux dons en ligne, via le fond de dotation Phoceo « Votre soutien est essentiel pour sauver des enfants atteints de cancers nous allons financer un appareil révolutionnaire : un accélérateur de particules-IRM capable de transformer le traitement des cancers pédiatriques nous pourrons offrir aux enfants de Marseille des traitements plus précis et plus efficaces tout en ouvrant de nouvelles perspectives de recherche » explique l’AP-HM sur son site internet Pour faire un don : cliquez ici have used their new Leksell Gamma Knife Icon system to treat a metastasis in the brain of a 71-year-old female patient This single-session treatment was the first time La Timone physicians had harnessed the system’s advanced motion management and imaging capabilities to enable therapy using mask-based head fixation instead of the traditional rigid stereotactic frame La Timone physicians are predicting a significant increase in the volume of patients suitable for frameless Gamma Knife radiosurgery doctors treated three additional patients with metastases using the same method The hospital then achieved another Icon milestone—its first patient to begin frameless multi-session (hypofractionated) treatment of a benign tumour “This 77-year-old female patient had a cavernous sinus meningioma that was too close to the optic nerve and chiasm to treat with a single high dose—it would have been too high of a dose to avoid threatening these sensitive structures,” says professor Jean Regis a neurosurgeon and programme director for University Hospital La Timone’s Gamma Knife programme which launched traditional frame-based Gamma Knife radiosurgery treatments with Icon in mid-July which divided her therapy into five sessions over five days to decrease the risk of injuring visual pathways.” When performing frameless Gamma Knife radiosurgery with Icon it is crucial that patient motion be managed and that the patient’s position can be precisely reproduced in hypofractionated treatments Gamma Knife Icon addresses both of these imperatives Icon provides an integrated cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) workflow that enables doctors to check the patient’s position against planning images After a thermoplastic mask is custom-fitted to the patient’s head an initial CBCT is performed to obtain a reference image which is then fused with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image to enable the clinician to develop the plan The patient is then placed on the treatment couch with the mask “Because the patient is never precisely in the same position as in these first scans you acquire a new CBCT scan,” Regis explains the GammaPlan software automatically adapts the plan to the new position of the patient’s head and displays the dose distribution before and after this automated recalculation This allows the physician to identify any discrepancies between the initial plan and the recalculated plan according to the new patient position It is important to reiterate that this is a plan correction not physically correcting the patient’s position the differences in the plan—before and after adaptation to the patient’s latest position—have been clinically insignificant so we have not rejected any of the adapted plans.” patient motion is managed through the high-definition motion management system which monitors the patient’s head position via infrared tracking of markers “If the patient coughs or moves her head and that motion exceeds a safety threshold the system automatically stops delivering the radiation,” he observes “This is critical feature for patient safety in these frameless treatments automated adaptation of the planning to patient position is a new and interesting capability of Icon.” Hospital La Timone has so far used Leksell Gamma Knife Icon to treat a total of 33 patients using either frame-based or frameless methods Mickey and Minnie Mouse visited the pediatric unit of La Timone Hospital in Marseille delivering joy where it’s needed most to children facing serious illnesses.  “Mickey and Minnie’s visit was a real breath of fresh air during a particularly difficult and emotionally charged period in the unit,” explained Dr a nurse anesthetist in the pediatric intensive care unit at La Timone Disneyland Paris teams have been visiting La Timone regularly since 1997 and since 1991 more than 40,000 children have been visited by our beloved characters and Disney VoluntEARS in hospitals in France and neighboring countries happiness and wishes to children in need is one of our major philanthropic commitments at Disneyland Paris and across the company.  Learn more about our commitment to delivering joy and comfort through the power of stories at impact.disney.com Doctors and nurses share a Christmas Eve meal together in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille medical personnel decorated a fir tree in the corridor and seized a moment for a communal meal in their scrubs trying to maintain a semblance of holiday spirit in between rounds Katy Zalinian waits to visit her cousin who is suffering with COVID-19 and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the La Timone hospital in Marseille Katy Zalinian places her hand on her cousin who is suffering with COVID-19 and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Marseille’s La Timone Hospital has weathered wave after wave of COVID-19 and allows families to visit gravely ill loved ones in the ICU One patient spending the holidays there said he deeply regrets not getting vaccinated against the coronavirus A religious item left by the family of a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator is pictured at his bedside in the COVID-19 unit at the La Timone hospital in Marseille A patient with COVID-19 lies on a bed with a ventilator with her son’s hat placed on her bed by medical workers at the request of the family in the intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Amelie and Ludo Khayat hold each other during a visit at the COVID-19 intensive care unit of the la Timone hospital in Marseille is recovering from spending twenty four days in a coma and on a ventilator in a COVID-19 intensive care unit Amelie began visiting her husband daily after he started to test negative for the virus Medical workers turn over a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Radiographer Coralie Gil prepares to enter the room of a COVID-19 patient in the COVID-19 continued care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille A religious depiction left by the family of a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator is pictured in the COVID-19 unit at the La Timone hospital in Marseille Medical workers tend to a patient suffering with COVID-19 and on a ventilator in the intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Nurses Marc Gabriel and Ludivine Souilleux take a break in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Medical workers have a break in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Ester Sebbagh spends time with her husband David a 52 year old patient with COVID-19 during a visit in the COVID-19 continued care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille A nurse makes a chocolate sandwhich in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Hospital worker Sonia Mokhtari prepares a Christmas Eve dinner in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Hospital workers place gifts under a christmas tree in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille Nurse Medina Bengler feeds a patient with COVID-19 in the COVID-19 continued care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Hospital worker Sonia Mokhtari sets up a Christmas tree for a Christmas Eve meal in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille Christmas songs are left playing on a computer in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille Junior doctor Tom Ballas looks into the room of a patient as doctors and nurses share a Christmas Eve meal together in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at la Timone hospital in Marseille A hospital worker walks through the COVID-19 intensive care unit before a Christmas Eve meal at la Timone hospital in Marseille An empty bed in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille France (AP) — From the intensive care ward in France where he is spending the holidays COVID-19 patient David Daniel Sebbagh said he has one overriding regret: that he didn’t get vaccinated it’s not a danger,” the 52-year-old said as he lay in a Marseille hospital is trying to keep his team motivated as they spend another Christmas tending to patients on breathing machines “We’re afraid we won’t have enough space,” Carvelli said The hospital allows families to visit gravely ill loved ones in the ICU Amelie Khayat has paid daily visits to her husband who spent 24 days in a coma and on a breathing machine The couple touched heads as she sat on his bed a 40-year-old patient lay unconscious near death with her young son’s winter hat placed on her belly a relative had left a Christian icon propped on a patient’s tray Katy Zalinian waited anxiously to visit her cousin She later entered his room wearing full protective gear and touched her hand lovingly to his leg While some 90% of French adults are vaccinated against the coronavirus and some 40% have received a booster shot most of the COVID-19 patients in La Timone’s ICU are unvaccinated I thought that the vaccine was not necessarily something good.” He recalled that when his COVID-19 symptoms were at their worst Nothing was clear in my head....I waited for hours and I was in pain.” described her terror: “Our life was shattered this week.. He’s still testing positive for the virus and says that all that matters now is trying to recover I wouldn’t have been in such a level of intensive care,” he said “The vaccine is not a danger but a possibility to escape France now is seeing its highest daily infection rates of the pandemic as the omicron variant races around the country worries hospitals could soon be “overwhelmed.” We’re always focused on doing our jobs the best way possible...but the more this goes on Two things are making this Christmas especially challenging More and more staff members are testing positive in the current omicron surge and therefore unavailable to work And some colleagues are leaving the profession altogether because of the strain “We still try to have little special moments during the workday Nurses perform timed breathing exercises on a COVID-19 patient on a ventilator in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille BANGKOK — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million on Monday — underscoring that the pandemic The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the pandemic even as people are shedding masks travel is resuming and businesses are reopening around the globe whose isolation had protected them for more than two years are just now grappling with their first outbreaks and deaths fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant is testing its entire population of 7.5 million three times this month as it clings to mainland China's "zero-COVID" strategy Romania and other Eastern European countries the region has seen more than 1 million refugees arrive from war-torn Ukraine a country with poor vaccination coverage and high rates of cases and deaths And despite its wealth and vaccine availability the United States is nearing 1 million reported deaths on its own Death rates worldwide are still highest among people unvaccinated against the virus a visiting professor at the National University of Singapore's medical school and co-Chair of the Asia Pacific Immunization Coalition "This is a disease of the unvaccinated — look what is happening in Hong Kong right now the health system is being overwhelmed," said Pang the former director of research policy and cooperation with the World Health Organization "The large majority of the deaths and the severe cases are in the unvaccinated Kindergarten teacher Karen Drolet works with a masked student at Raices Dual Language Academy It took the world seven months to record its first million deaths from the virus after the pandemic began in early 2020 Four months later another million people had died and 1 million have died every three months since until the death toll hit 5 million at the end of October Now it has reached 6 million — more than the populations of Berlin and Brussels combined the world undoubtedly hit its 6 millionth death some time ago Poor record-keeping and testing in many parts of the world has led to an undercount in coronavirus deaths in addition to excess deaths related to the pandemic but not from actual COVID-19 infections like people who died from preventable causes but could not receive treatment because hospitals were full Edouard Mathieu, head of data for the Our World in Data portal said that — when countries' excess mortality figures are studied — as many as nearly four times the reported death toll have likely died because of the pandemic An analysis of excess deaths by a team at The Economist estimates that the number of COVID-19 deaths is between 14 million and 23.5 million "Confirmed deaths represent a fraction of the true number of deaths due to COVID and challenges in the attribution of the cause of death," Mathieu told The Associated Press countries that fraction is high and the official tally can be considered to be fairly accurate but in others it is highly underestimated." The United States has the biggest official death toll in the world but the numbers have been trending downward over the last month who contracted COVID-19 last April — the same month Kentucky opened his age group to vaccinations The Louisville resident said the family is still suffering who had to be hospitalized himself and still has lingering symptoms The aggressive reopening of the country has been jarring for them to witness "For us it is hard to let our guard down; it's going to take a while for us to adjust," Bailey said The world has seen more than 445 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and new weekly cases have been declining recently in all regions except for the Western Pacific the World Health Organization reported this week Although the overall figures in the Pacific islands seeing their first outbreaks are small compared to larger countries they are significant among their tiny populations and threaten to overwhelm fragile health care systems it's likely to hit them for the next year or so at least," said Katie Greenwood Nurse Marie-Laure Satta pauses during her New Year's Eve shift in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at the la Timone hospital in Marseille Tonga reported its first outbreak after the virus arrived with international aid vessels following the Jan but — with 66% of its population fully vaccinated — it has so far reported people suffering mostly mild symptoms and no deaths The Solomon Islands saw the first outbreak in January and now has thousands of cases and more than 100 deaths The actual death toll is likely much higher with the capital's hospital overwhelmed and many dying at home Only 12% of Solomon Islanders are fully vaccinated though the outbreak has provided new impetus to the country's vaccination campaign and 29% now have at least one shot with only 6.95% of people in low-income countries fully vaccinated compared to more than 73% in high-income nations at the end of last month Africa surpassed Europe in the number of doses administered daily but only about 12.5% of its population has received two shots The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is still pressing for more vaccines Some shipments arrive with little warning for countries' health systems and others near the expiration date — forcing doses to be destroyed Eastern Europe has been particularly hard hit by the omicron variant a new risk has emerged as hundreds of thousands of people flee to places like Poland on crowded trains Health officials there have been offering free vaccinations to all refugees but have not been making them test upon arrival or quarantine "This is really tragic because great stress has a very negative effect on natural immunity and increases the risk of infections," said Anna Boron-Kaczmarska a government analysis of death certificates puts the real number closer to 500,000 four weeks of falling infection rates have left health officials optimistic where the world was shocked by images of open-air pyres of bodies burned as crematoria were overwhelmed the scars are fading as the number of new cases and deaths has slowed India has recorded more than 500,000 deaths but experts believe its true toll is in the millions Migrants from India's vast hinterland are now returning to its megacities in search of jobs while schools and universities are welcoming students after a months-long gap infections have fallen since an omicron-driven surge in December including mask mandates and the requirement that all who test positive isolate at home the African continent's smaller death toll is thought to stem from underreporting as well as a generally younger and less mobile population because it has been relatively spared from the worst so far but it could just be a time bomb," Pang said Soweto resident Thoko Dube said she received news of the deaths of two family members on the same day in January 2021 — a month before the country received its first vaccines "We have accepted it because it has been happening to other families." Become an NPR sponsor France (AP) — Nurses wheeled a 16-year-old boy suffering shortness of breath into one of the few available intensive care rooms at southern France's biggest hospital — its youngest COVID patient to date medics checked the blood sugar levels of an older speaking to him in soothing tones as a recording of Quranic verses brought in by his family played softly in the background This is daily life in La Timone's ICU ward in Marseille as France grapples with whether to impose a third lockdown and struggles to ramp up the pace of vaccinations While the country holds its breath to see if a daily 12-hour curfew and other restrictions are enough to keep a new crisis at bay which has been a flashpoint in France throughout the pandemic “It’s been tense since the beginning of the second wave we won’t be able to take in and treat all ICU patients,” including those with illnesses other than COVID France has lost more than 77,000 lives to the virus Virus infections have stabilized in recent days but remain stubbornly high But President Emmanuel Macron’s government says it won’t shut down the country again unless its hospitals are again at risk of overflowing with virus patients and acknowledges the difficulties posed by the protracted lockdowns that France imposed twice last year But he warns that hospital needs could sharply worsen any day His ward was lucky to have a free bed when the hospital’s pediatric department asked for a place for the 16-year-old virus patient He was hospitalized with respiratory problems but couldn’t be kept in the pediatric ward where doctors are treating children with immune deficiencies who are at especially high risk from the virus Nurse Gavin Douce settled the boy into his room taking blood samples and explaining how to use the emergency call button and an iPhone was tucked under his tube-covered right hand nurses and doctors checked on other patients constantly wiping down equipment and furniture Their hushed discussions about treatment were accompanied by the periodic beeping of life-saving monitors – and in a welcome moment of levity interrupted by a burst of contagious laughter down the hall The staff is just hoping they have enough energy to make it through the pandemic “No one thought it could have lasted this long We were told it was temporary,” said Douce He said he’s “disappointed” by France's slow vaccine rollout the government’s nursing home-focused vaccine strategy and vaccine delivery delays by pharmaceutical companies struggling to keep up with the demand Follow all of AP’s pandemic coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus -pandemic https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak rewritten or redistributed without permission France (AP) — Nurses wheeled a 16-year-old boy suffering shortness of breath into one of the few available intensive care rooms at southern France's biggest hospital — its youngest COVID patient to date This is daily life in La Timone's ICU ward in Marseille While the country holds its breath to see if a daily 12-hour curfew and other restrictions are enough to keep a new crisis at bay, all eyes are on hospitals like La Timone, which has been a flashpoint in France throughout the pandemic ROME (AP) — Christians around the world celebrated their second COVID-19 Christmas on Saturday with surging infections in many countries overwhelming hospitals canceling flights and curbing religious observances even as coronavirus vaccines were more available than ever While some countries in Asia imposed restrictions to try to contain the highly contagious omicron variant and elsewhere preached common sense despite reporting record daily cases this week advising their citizens to use masks and voluntarily limit the size of holiday gatherings The head of intensive care at a hospital in Marseille said most of the COVID-19 patients there over Christmas were unvaccinated while his staff members are exhausted or can't work because they are infected "We're sick of this," said Dr the ICU chief at Marseille's La Timone Hospital as his team spent another Christmas Eve tending to COVID-19 patients on breathing machines "We're afraid we won't have enough space." Thousands of people across England got a vaccine booster shot for Christmas as new cases in Britain hit another daily record of 122,186 The Good Health Pharmacy in north London was one of dozens of vaccination sites that kept their doors open Saturday to administer "jingle jabs" amid a government push to offer booster shots to all adults by the end of the year many churches canceled planned in-person Christmas services and for those that did have in-person worship clergy reported smaller but significant attendance At the Dormition of the Virgin Mary Church in the Hamptons in Southampton attendance at the Christmas Eve Liturgy "was a third less than last year the reality of the omicron virus diminishing the crowd but not the fervor of the faithful present," said the pastor Pope Francis used his Christmas address to pray for some of those vaccines to reach the poorest countries While wealthy countries have inoculated as much as 90% of their adult populations 8.9% of Africa's people are fully jabbed making it the world's least-vaccinated continent "Grant health to the infirm and inspire all men and women of good will to seek the best ways possible to overcome the current health crisis and its effects," Francis said from the loggia of St "Open hearts to ensure that necessary medical care – and vaccines in particular – are provided to those peoples who need them most." Only a few thousand well-wishers turned out for his noontime address and blessing when Italy's Christmas lockdown forced Francis indoors for the annual "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) speech At a reception center for asylum-seekers on the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus said she did not have any special plans because it just did not feel like Christmas without her 6-year-old child hundreds of thousands of people in the Philippines or adequate food and water after a powerful typhoon left at least 375 people dead last week and devastated mostly central island provinces where more than 100 people died in the typhoon and about 150,000 houses were damaged or destroyed asked foreign aid agencies to help provide temporary shelters and water-filtration systems to supplement Philippine government aid There is none of that today," Yap told The Associated Press Yap said he was happy that many Filipinos could celebrate Christmas more safely after COVID-19 cases dropped but he pleaded: "Please don't forget us." social distancing rules required churches to limit worshippers to 70% of seating capacity and service attendees had to be fully vaccinated South Korea has been grappling with soaring infections and deaths since it significantly eased its virus curbs in early November as part of efforts to return to pre-pandemic normalcy The country was eventually forced to restore its toughest distancing guidelines including a four-person limit on social gatherings and a 9 p.m Australia also had a Christmas with a surge of COVID-19 cases which forced states to reinstate mask mandates and other measures Christmas celebrations were subdued in much of India with more decorations than crowds: Authorities reintroduced nighttime curfews and restrictions on gatherings of more than five people in big cities like New Delhi and Mumbai People attended midnight Mass in Mumbai and elsewhere Adding to the customary stress of holiday travel airlines around the world canceled hundreds of flights as the omicron variant jumbled schedules and reduced staffing levels more than 3,900 flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday were canceled with close to half of them involving Chinese airlines About 30% of affected flights — more than 1,100 — were to The cancellations still represented a small fraction of global flights FlightAware says it tracked more than 100,000 arrivals in 24 hours As the pandemic spread around the world the past two years New Zealand used its isolation to its advantage Border controls kept the worst of the virus at bay New Zealand had recorded 50 deaths in a population of 5.5 million New Zealanders enjoyed the holiday in the warmth of mid-summer with few restrictions Their country has one of the world's most vaccinated populations with 95% of adults having had at least one dose The country also is one of the few largely untouched by omicron There were empty chairs at some family tables this holiday season because some New Zealanders living and working overseas were not able to return home due to isolation and quarantine requirements many in the deeply religious nation will celebrate Christmas at traditional church services and family gatherings The Pacific island has an ongoing outbreak and a pandemic death toll of almost 700 but 92% of the adult population is fully vaccinated urged Fijians to "please celebrate wisely." residents of four villages received a special Christmas gift: Electricity was connected to their villages for the first time Nine-year-old from Marseille had been ‘in contact with’ virus before dying in hospital A nine-year-old boy from Marseille is reported to have died of Kawasaki disease the mysterious inflammatory syndrome linked to coronavirus The boy is believed to be the first victim of the disease in France and only the second in Europe after a teenager died of the syndrome in London last week Doctors treating the French boy said he had developed a form of coronavirus but had no symptoms He was admitted to hospital on 2 May with what medics initially thought was scarlet fever After being treated for that he was allowed to return home as doctors said his symptoms were mild The boy was rushed to La Timone hospital later the same day and admitted to intensive care where he was diagnosed with “signs of Kawasaki disease” He died six days later on 8 May after having a heart attack that caused brain damage French officials said the child’s death had not been formally linked to Kawasaki disease but that it was considered the most likely cause the head of the children’s emergency ward at the hospital in Marseille where the child was first admitted told Agence France-Presse that blood tests showed the boy had been in contact with coronavirus but had no symptoms “When admitted he had the clinical signs comparable to scarlet fever He was seen by an experienced senior paediatrician and a treatment corresponding to the clinical signs was prescribed,” Michel said The child was then sent home because he showed “no sign of being seriously ill” When the child was taken by ambulance to La Timone hospital doctors realised “reasonably quickly” that it was not scarlet fever “The child was showing symptoms that could be signs of Kawasaki disease,” Michel said There are believed to be 144 diagnosed cases of Kawasaki disease in France more than half of whom have tested positive for Covid-19 said research suggested the syndrome appeared on average around four weeks after the children were infected by Covid-19 A study published in the Lancet earlier this week traced the disease in Bergamo which has been seriously affected by the coronavirus outbreak The study observed a 30-fold increase in Kawasaki-like disease since the outbreak and concluded: “A similar outbreak of Kawasaki-like disease is expected in countries involved in the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic.” Kawasaki disease is said to mainly affect children under five but those diagnosed in France are aged from one to 14 Around 230 suspected cases have been reported in Europe including in the UK where a 14-year-old boy died last week at the Evelina London children’s hospital A global coalition of doctors researching the condition said parents, hospitals and clinics should expect to see more cases. “We can expect that each of the epicentres will see clusters of these emerging roughly four to six weeks later,” Dr Jeffrey Burns, a critical care specialist at Boston children’s hospital, told CNN “It makes sense that it emerged in New York first because New York had the largest and most severe outbreak.” 2019 medical workers march during a demonstration in Marseille student doctors are holding an exceptional open-ended strike to demand a better future France’s vaunted public hospital system is increasingly stretched to its limits after years of cost cuts and the interns at La Timone - one of the country’s biggest hospitals - say their internships are failing to prepare them as medical professionals the doctors-in-training are being used to fill the gaps Smranda Deaconu passes out flags at a hospital workers march in Marseille a psychiatry intern on strike sits by a window at the intern residency at Marseille’s La Timone hospital in Marseille a medical intern wears a sticker on his work clothes that reads “interns on strike” in the Hospital Nord in Marseille The medical intern residency is pictured at sunset Interns partake in a communal lifestyle in the nine floor building located within the hospital gounds of La Timone hospital pictured from the communal kitchen in the medical interns residency building 2019 shows an empty wheelchair at the entrance to La Timone hospital in Marseille a psychiatry intern and treasurer of the Autonomous Union for Interns of the Hospitals of Marseille paints a sign that reads “doctors in anger” before a intern march to raise awareness about their strike thank you” on a gurney in Marseille’s Hospital de la Conception 2019 members of the Autonomous Union for Interns of the Hospitals of Marseille prepare materials in the union office before a march to raise awarness about their ongoing strike 2019 a man with a walking stick walks through the lobby of Marseille’s La Timone hospital 2019 a frying pan hangs in a communal kitchen in the intern residency at Marseille’s La Timone hospital a psychiatry intern on strike posing for a portrait in front of Marseille’s La Timone hospital poses for a portrait at the intern residency in Marseille’s La Timone hospital members of the Autonomous Union for Interns of the Hospitals of Marseille gather for a general assembly at the interns residency at Marseille’s La Timone hospital to organize their ongoing strike in Marseille a psychiatry intern on strike climbs the concrete stairs leading the the intern residency at Marseille’s La Timone hospital a hospital intern wears a work uniform that reads “metro Benzedrine” in the lobby of La Timone hospital during his sixth day on strike a hospital intern in psychiatry and his sister Pauline sing together to a ukelele in the intern residency of Marseille’s La Timone hospital France (AP) — Nestled in the cinderblock complex of Marseille’s sprawling La Timone hospital stands the intern residency building home to a community of French student doctors holding an exceptional Protesting interns in white coats and blue hair nets wave signs made from brooms and bedsheets Xavier Charléty chanted slogans through a megaphone to his colleagues marching through the streets of Marseille as their strike began earlier this month and the interns at La Timone — one of the country’s biggest hospitals — say their internships are failing to prepare them as medical professionals a general medicine intern and an active member of the Autonomous Union for Interns of the Hospitals of Marseille The movement isn’t directly linked to the retirement strikes convulsing France but reflects a nationwide worry that public services are falling victim to global market pressures Graffiti decorates walls around the brutalist when people around you start to talk about the strike and how things can change it gives you strength,” says Vincent Achour The interns proudly wear their uniforms and name tags even while on strike demonstrating their attachment to the profession They’re torn between guilt at leaving their posts – and their patients – and determination to call attention to the precarious conditions at La Timone Strike-related disruptions have sent hospital management scrambling to assign senior doctors to fulfil the roles of their absent apprentices French hospitals are required by law to provide a minimum level of service even during strikes Pediatrics intern Smranda Deaconu says she will return to work the week of Christmas because she can’t bear to see the strain on her colleagues brought about by her absence As late-stage medical students specializing in their respective departments the interns are still learning but often work the same hours and conduct the same procedures as their fully qualified superiors interns would formally declare themselves on strike yet still go to work not receiving pay for the hours they complete Charlety called this form of protest “meaningless.” His union is determined to keep up the pressure through the holidays The health minister is meeting hospital employee representatives next month in hopes of finding solutions for their mountain of grievances Angela Charlton contributed to this report from Paris titulaire d'un doctorat en médecine et ancien chef de clinique des Hôpitaux occupe actuellement le poste éminent de psychiatre au sein des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Marseille il partage son expertise en tant qu'enseignant au sein de l'Université d'Aix-Marseille à l'École de médecine - Campus médical de la Timone Son engagement dans le domaine de la recherche est tout aussi remarquable en tant que chercheur au sein de l'EA 3279 : CEReSS - Centre de recherche sur les services de santé et la qualité de vie Il figure parmi les cinq premiers publicateurs scientifiques Français en santé mentale L'éminence de son parcours se reflète notamment dans son rôle crucial entre 2013 et 2016 où il a exercé en tant que coordinateur exécutif en collaboration avec le Pr Pierre-Michel Llorca au sein du réseau de centres d'experts en schizophrénie de la Fondation FondaMental initié par le ministère français de la recherche pour stimuler la recherche en psychiatrie a permis de suivre attentivement de vastes cohortes de patients souffrant de schizophrénie Il se consacre désormais à la coordination des centres experts dépressions résistantes et schizophrénies de la région PACA ainsi que de l'institut de data science en santé mentale L'ampleur de ses contributions scientifiques est tout à fait impressionnante Fond et son équipe comptent parmi les auteurs ou co-auteurs de plus de 300 publications internationales Son influence se manifeste également à travers plus de 100 présentations et la rédaction de 8 chapitres de livres spécialisés Fond s'est également illustré en tant qu'auteur prolifique de quatre ouvrages destinés au grand public Parmi ces titres figurent "Devenez la meilleure Version de Vous-même en 3 étapes" (Ellipses) "Je fais de ma vie un Grand Projet" (Flammarion) "Voyage au cœur de la souffrance" (Jc Lattes) et "Bien manger pour ne plus déprimer" (Odile Jacob) La reconnaissance de son expertise se matérialise par son affiliation à diverses sociétés savantes attestant de sa contribution significative au domaine médical et psychiatrique Son excellence a également été consacrée par l'obtention du prestigieux prix European Congress of Neuropsychopharmacology en 2016 ainsi que par deux distinctions honorifiques du prix de la meilleure publication scientifique en psychiatrie lors du Congrès Français de Psychiatrie Fond incarne une figure éminente et polyvalente au service de l'avancement de la médecine et de la psychiatrie Prix de la meilleure publication en psychiatrie You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Elekta has CE marked its Leksell Gamma Knife Icon precision radiosurgery system making this latest generation Leksell Gamma Knife platform available in the European market ultra-precise dose delivery and the availability of frameless treatments Elekta says that Icon is capable of treating “virtually any target in the brain The company also announced that University Hospital La Timone had installed the first Icon and will use the system to treat the first patients in July “Leksell Gamma Knife Icon is a new concept for performing precision radiosurgery for all types of cranial cases with unlimited clinical and workflow flexibility,” says Tomas Puusepp president and chief executive officer of Elekta “Clinicians can choose either frame-based or frameless methods to immobilise the patient’s head as well as the option to perform the treatment in a single session or in multiple sessions Icon is also based on the only technology available that can perform ultra-precise Microradiosurgery or the cases where this is required.” Puusepp adds that the system’s online Adaptive DoseControl and high-definition motion management features ensure the most precise treatments possible as well as an efficient workflow thanks to the complete system and workflow integration says that Icon presents physicians with two significant opportunities related to the ability to use frameless immobilisation “The first will be to enlarge the scope of indications by permitting hypofractionation [multiple treatment sessions] to be performed more readily and also treatment of lesions in additional anatomical sites This is by virtue of the capability to perform frameless treatments with much better technical control,” he says “The second opportunity is the ability to evaluate shifts in the patient’s position and to adapt the dose proactively to account for these movements hypofractionated radiosurgery to a level that does not exist today.” has been naturally exposed to all kinds of epidemics Natural enough then that the city now aims to become the world’s best centre to specialise in infectious diseases third in Europe for state-of-the-art equipment and human resources is to house the new Fondation Méditerranée Infection (FMI) Created last November and led by Professor of Microbiology Didier Raoult the foundation regroups the Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire (IHU) Méditerranée Infection and the research centre Infectiopôle Sud Infectiopôle Sud -- now a Fondation department -- will recruit around 150 foreign students from those countries The FMI aims to create a centre of excellence to treat teach and research infectious and tropical diseases by centralising patients whose team already receives samples for analysis from all over the world Among infectious and tropical diseases research centres accounting for 550 of the 4,900 scientific publications released in Marseille in all specialities which can duplicate itself by infecting another virus the team has described some 96 new pathogenic bacteria two named after the professor: Raoultella planticola and Rickettsia Raoultii The IHU is also developing projects such as ‘diagnosis suitcases’ with the shipping firm CMA-CGM for emergency diagnosis aboard cruise ships Hightech mobile laboratories have also been developed to enable one non-trained person The first is in the Hôpital Nord de Marseille Two are in a Senegal village that lacks electricity ‘This has totally revolutionised paediatric emergencies,’ the professor says adding that France would need 200 units for hospitals lacking a paediatric emergency department By 2015 the foundation will occupy a new 25,000 square metre building on the La Timone campus This €70 million site will employ 700 people Over an area of 5,000 m³ there will be 75 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Please refer to our privacy policy to find out how we use cookies and how you can edit your preferences Brain activity during reciprocal social interaction investigated using conversational robots as control condition. Rauchbauer B, Nazarian B, Bourhis M, Ochs M, Prévot L, Chaminade T. 2019. Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 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