La Manche Libre on line news reported that a couple of Drs who have set up shop hereabouts had 1000 phone calls the day it opened. Similarly, a couple of dentists that opened had 150 people in a queue waiting for the doors to open on day 1.
I had a bad toothache. I went to the clinic in Vire that has several dentists. “No appointments. Phone us in October - do you have an abcess?” “Yes”. It was July. Fortunately, two rounds of antibiotics from M.T. dealt with it - for now.
I have found that medics of all sorts have English if they are of North African heritage. They and ex-FR colonial Drs have often spent some time training in UK or the US.