In France, like in others countries, we have the same kind of problem. So much actually that we "import" medics from other countries !!!!

Lastly, the gov finally acknowledged the problem and tried to suppress the "numerus closus" (limiting the number of medecine students) but the problem is now that... there's

- not enough teachers and not enough room in universities

- not enough position in hospital for "internship" (not sure if it's the right word) because theses interns have to be managed by experienced medics

- it takes a loooooong time to make a doctor

- "young" doctors don't want to spend countless hours without personal life like previous generation did... so more doctors are needed !

And the problem is even more pregnant for out-of-hospital doctors (particularily outside of cities)

Right now, the gov strategy is to try to give more and more power for nurses, pharmacists to limit load on doctors (and cost for social services)... but sometimes doctors may spot specific symptoms where others may not