Doctor Christian Chenay is almost old enough to remember the 1918 Spanish flu and treated typhus sufferers during World War II.
Now, as he nears his 99th birthday, he is still caring for patients through the coronavirus epidemic.
Meet the 98-year-old French doctor risking coronavirus to work
Meet the 98-year-old doctor who is still treating the same patients he met seven decades ago Location: Chevilly-Larue, France Christian Chenay assesses patients virtually and even visits a retirement home for clergy (SOUNDBITE) (French) DOCTOR, CHRISTIAN CHENAY, SAYING:"I'm almost 99 years old, I should reduce my activity for a lot of reasons.
I work slower than before, I have to take care." Chenay is one of only three doctors in a town of 19,000 people as France's health system faces a major crisis (SOUNDBITE) (French) RESIDENT, YVETTE MOREAU, 83, SAYING: ‘’He is an extraordinary person, with his age, his lucidity, his joy of life even in his advanced age."