Prayers for France.

[mmc51264, BSN, MSN, RN]

[h=3]Hospitals overwhelmed[/h]The Paris hospital service says medical personnel are reporting for work of their own accord to help treat the injured in the multiple attacks in the city, and that others were being called in as part of a plan to deal with emergencies.

Among those called in minutes after the first reports went out was Patrick Pelloux, an emergency room doctor and former writer for Charlie Hebdo. Pelloux was also among the first to see the aftermath of the Jan 7 attacks.

At least 100 people died in a Paris concert hall where attackers seized hostages. At least five other terror attacks unfolded across the city in the deadliest violence Paris has seen since the Second World War.

So terrible. These numbers are conservative.

The Telegraph - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph - Telegraph

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

I lived in Paris many years ago. I LOVE that city and the French people. This is heartbreaking.

[CryssyD]

A lot like on 9/11--firefighters, paramedics, and nurses all pitched in, came in on their day off, worked late, really pulled together to take care of the wounded and each other. I know the French first-responders did the same.

Such a terrible shame that these things happen, so many innocent people killed and hurt for no reason. Have lit a candle and am praying for all affected.