Overview
- Intern placements are halted from Monday, 3 November 2025, after ARS Normandie determined the emergency department lacks adequate medical supervision.
- Interns assigned to the service will be reassigned within the CHU or to other hospitals in Normandy, with Franceinfo reporting 20 affected and Libération reporting 27.
- The department is operating with about 15 full‑time equivalent physicians versus roughly 40 needed, as interns and ISNI describe excessive workloads and insufficient oversight.
- ARS and hospital leadership describe the measure as temporary with a target to resume placements in May 2026, alongside requests for help from regional urgentists and efforts to bolster non‑scheduled community care.
- The hospital says it is arranging temporary reinforcements, recruiting general practitioners, and regulating access with advice to call 15, while clinicians warn the loss of interns raises immediate patient‑safety risks.