In central France, the Médecins Solidaires collective is stepping up its fight against medical deserts, much to the "relief" of the populations concerned. The local situation was worrying, as Clémentine Labouré, a Médecins Solidaires doctor from the Paris region, explains: "We have patients who are abandoning their care, who are abandoning their follow-up, who had chronic treatments and are no longer taking them, who are no longer being screened and who are no longer being followed up." IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES