BBC reports that: The French Health Minister Xavier Bertrand has urged medical students and retired doctors to help in hospitals during the current heatwave.
The heat has now claimed 23 lives in France, reviving memories of the 2003 summer when 15,000 people died.
Surgeons, anaesthetists and obstetricians at private clinics went on strike on Monday, in a row over fees and rising insurance premiums.
Their UCDF union said the strike hit 600 out of some 900 private clinics.
Some clinics have closed, while others are open but without operating theatres.
French officials have expressed fears that public hospitals could be overwhelmed if private facilities are unavailable.
Independent System Operators all over the US were almost unable to meet the demand for electricity in the wake of heat waves and severe storms. From New York City to Los Angeles, people were without power due to heat and weather.
2006 will, i believe, be remembered as the summer when it became impossible to any longer ignore global warming. Here's the problem. There are too many people on the Earth for all of them to live even half as well as most people in the US live. Populations in places such as China and India are exploding and all those people want cars, and computers, and air conditioners, too. So we either control the population, or all live at a lower level, or we have Energy Wars. So far, we've opted for Energy Wars. I'm not sure it's the best solution.
But then, I loved being the mother of an only child.
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