Pont-à-Mousson Basin. Medical Desertification: How Are Communities Trying to Address It?

In the area around Pont-à-Mousson, medical desertification is gaining ground. Due to a lack of general practitioners, several municipalities are finding themselves in difficulty. "Yet, we were in a well-equipped area," emphasizes Antony Caps, mayor of Nomeny. While the small town of around 1,100 inhabitants has three dentists, a nursing practice, physiotherapists, a pharmacy, and many other healthcare professionals, today it finds itself with only one doctor "who is in the process of ceasing his practice."

In Nomeny, everything is there: schools, local shops, a peaceful living environment... Yet, general practitioners are still slow to arrive. "We have undertaken a...

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