Emergencies under pressure, the church in flames, treasures for sale… the essential news in the region

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Restricted emergencies

#HERAULT – Faced with a shortage of doctors, the Saint-Privat clinic in Boujan-sur-Libron is forced to close its emergency room at night. In fact, from December 16, 2024, this service will only operate from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., every day.“We are currently experiencing the departure of several replacement emergency physicians, confirms the director, Nicolas Daudé. We are actively looking for new practitioners to allow a stabilization of our activity.” At the Béziers hospital, they assure that they are ready to absorb this additional medical workload.

Today's figure: 18

#NÎMES – This is the position occupied by the Nîmes University Hospital in the 2024 ranking of the best hospitals in France published in Le Point. It stands out for the “heart failure” poles where it ranks 23rd out of 652 hospitals; for myocardial infarctions (15th out of 448 hospitals); hip (11th out of 360) and knee (11th out of 343) prostheses; foot surgery (13th out of 336) and carpal tunnel surgery (17th out of 333) or prostate cancer (16th out of 138).

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Regional agriculture holds its show

#TOULOUSE – It is “the” major meeting of agriculture and regional products in the Occitanie region. The regional agricultural show opens its doors free of charge this Friday, December 13, 2024 for three days at MEETT, the Toulouse exhibition center. Until Sunday, December 15, the show, which is celebrating its 20th edition, will welcome 230 producers and breeders and will allow you to taste 650 regional products in the large Occitanie market. Two late-night events, on Friday and Saturday, will allow you to feast until 10 p.m. but also to buy Christmas gifts made in Occitanie. A 2,000 square meter space also allows you to discover food and agriculture in a fun and interactive way, independently or accompanied.
The educational farm with farm animals will also be there on a surface area of ​​3,500 square meters.

Treasures at auction

#NÎMES – The sale of the Crédit municipal de Nîmes should delight collectors on Friday, December 13, 2024 at the Musée de la Romanité. As a reminder, jewelry and valuables were pledged against a loan of money. Their owners were unable to recover them, so they are being auctioned. Among these treasures, a Selmer saxophone in varnished brass (starting price of 2,500 euros), ancient coins (5,800 euros), an automaton (600 euros), a gold bracelet (3,750 euros), which will be exhibited from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., before the sale at 2 p.m. The Crédit municipal de Nîmes indicates that over the course of auctions, 515 objects have been sold since last January, which has raised more than €110,000.

The Saints François church in flames

#MONTPELLIER – On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, in Montpellier, firefighters intervened to extinguish a fire that broke out early in the morning on the roof of the Saints François church. Waterproofing work was underway at the time of the incident, with welding being carried out. Nearly 80 firefighters were mobilized and significant resources were deployed. The town hall's technical services were able to transfer a 500 kg statue of the Virgin to the bishopric. In the afternoon, the fire was no longer spreading. In total, about ten people were evacuated. For the parish priest Guilhem Knockaert, “the damage seems considerable, I am particularly afraid for our organ” .

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