Children with second-degree burns from fig leaves, the number of cancer cases rising sharply since 1990 and Vincent Lambert’s doctor announced a new cessation of care on Tuesday. Here is the main news.
Charente-Maritime: children burned in the second degree by fig leaves
During a school outing on the Ile d’Aix side based on discovery, CP and CE1 pupils who had fun imitating a restaurant under a fig tree, were transported in the emergency room of the Rochefort and La Rochelle hospitals, reports Sud Ouest. The children, aged 6 and 7, picked up figs from the ground, squeezed them and used the leaves as dishes. Sometimes in the shade, sometimes in the sun, they played under the supervision of their mistress and accompanying parents. But the next day, a first student was taken to the emergency room, followed by 6 other children. All had swollen and blistered hands and forearms. The three most affected, explains the daily, had trouble bending their fingers… To read more, click here.
The number of cancer cases has risen sharply since 1990
In 2018, the number of new cases of cancer is estimated at 382,000 (respectively 54% in men, 46% in women) and at 157,400 the number of cancer deaths (57% in men, 43% in women). These figures are a first for twenty years and they are worrying. They are taken from a report made public on Tuesday, July 2. Produced by Public Health France and the National Cancer Institute (INCa), they show an increase in the overall risk of cancer in metropolitan France, both in women and in men, partly due to avoidable risk factors. However, the data collected show a relative decline in mortality from all cancers combined, more pronounced in men (-1.8% per year) than in women (-0.8% per year). To learn more, click here.
Vincent Lambert: his doctor announces a new cessation of care
Dr. Sanchez, Vincent Lambert’s doctor at the Reims University Hospital, announced the cessation of treatment on Tuesday. A controversial decision, repeatedly rejected, but supported by the Court of Cassation, the highest judicial court in France. The doctor appeals “to everyone’s responsibility” so that “the accompaniment of Mr. Vincent Lambert is as peaceful, intimate and personal as possible”, in an email consulted by AFP. The question of the future of Vincent Lambert, quadriplegic since a road accident in 2008, divided the members of his family with on the one hand his parents, opposed to the cessation of treatment, and on the other his wife, some of his brothers and sisters as well as his nephew who wish his deliverance. More information in our article.
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