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Paris hospital to file complaint after May Day protest

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    Police officers face demonstrators during a May Day demonstration in Paris, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. French authorities announced tight security measures for May Day demonstrations, with the interior minister saying there was a risk that "radical activists" could join anti-government yellow vest protesters and union workers in the streets of Paris and across the country. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

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    Police officers take position in front of a bank entrance during a May Day rally in Paris, Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Brief scuffles between police and protesters have broken out in Paris as thousands of people gather for May Day rallies under tight security measures. Police used tear gas to control the crowd gathering near Paris' Montparnasse train station. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

PARIS – Paris public hospitals' director says he is filing a police complaint after some protesters tried to force entry into a post-surgery ward as a May Day march passed near the building.

Martin Hirsch says dozens of people scaled the fence of the Pitie Salpetriere hospital courtyard Wednesday and tried to storm in through an emergency exit door. Doctors and nurses maintained the door closed for several minutes before police arrived.

Hirsch said Thursday "the consequences could have been very serious." Some computer equipment in another room has been damaged.

Paris' May Day rally was disrupted by violence from some anti-government yellow vest protesters, anarchists and far-left groups.

During a 2016 demonstration against labor reforms, another Paris hospital sustained damage after troublemakers hurled paving stones and other objects at the building.