A stretcher bearer was seriously injured after being “beaten up by several people” accompanying two patients at Challans hospital, in Vendée. Samu-Ergences de France (SUdF) president Marc Noizet: “We cannot be the variable of the anxiety, aggressiveness or violence of patients and those who accompany them” Minister for Health Frédéric Valletoux denounced an “odious and cowardly act” on X (formerly Twitter)