Outrage as Paris hospitals chief raises idea of charging unvaccinated patients

Martin Hirsch's remarks have provoked anger across political spectrum in France

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The head of hospitals in Paris has raised the question of whether Covid patients who have refused to be vaccinated should be charged for emergency treatment if they become seriously ill with the virus.

Martin Hirsch said the door to hospital treatment was open to all people but questioned whether this had to go hand in hand with responsibility, allowing everyone to benefit" in what he said was a delicate debate".