Death of a child to the emergency room, “they said, ‘Madame, it is not … – Europe1

Death of a child to the emergency room, "they said, 'Madame, it is not … – Europe1

TESTIMONY – A criminal investigation was opened after the death of a child that the ambulance had refused to support

“He was abandoned by all.” Contacted by Europe1, Monique, mother of Zechariah, 10, died Sunday at a hospital emergency department of Seine-Saint-Denis, unable to contain her tears. A judicial investigation for “involuntary homicide” was opened on Thursday after the death of his son. According to Le Parisien , which broke the story, or the ambulance or firefighters or taxis have agreed to make the trip to take him to the ER.

finally taken to the hospital by a taxi arrested in the street by the victim’s parents on Sunday to 3:00 am, the boy who vomited and had seizures, was supported for appendicitis. But his condition deteriorated rapidly and the child, cardio-respiratory arrest, died shortly before 9:00. One death, according to a source close to the investigation, a heart defect that was never detected. Parents of Zachariah decided to sue for manslaughter.

“It must be a gastro” . “Friday, my son began to tell me: ‘Mom, I have a stomach ache’ I thought it would pass I gave him a tablet He kept telling me ‘I hurt… belly. I went to see the doctor on Saturday. He told me ‘it must be a beginning of gastro “says Monique micro Europe 1. The doctor then gives her pills, she says, before giving him an appointment on Monday to see if the child gets better. But the state of Zechariah has not improved. It worsened the evening

“He did not even want to eat I started making jokes… ‘If you eat something, I give you five euros He refused, he always had a stomach ache. realized that I had really hurt. The drug did not effect. On Saturday night, he still had a stomach ache. He preferred to be punished than to eat something, “explains Mom.

“They hung up on me” . At 2:00 am, the pain persists. Zechariah’s mother decides to call the fire department. “They asked me what medication he took. They said it was not urgent. I begged, you can not know. They said, ‘Madame, it does not matter’ I’ll spare you the ambulance, “she says. Then she continued: “Samu asked me the same thing, and told me ‘this is not urgent’ They eventually hung up on me They would not hear my prayers…” Zechariah’s mother even tried to call a taxi company. But the driver told him it was too dangerous to move at this time in the city of Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, in which the family lives.

Monique decided to go out and take her own son to the hospital. “I never much regretted having sold my car. I saw a taxi, I started in the middle of the road. He stopped and his passenger is out. They were really friendly” says she.

“It was too late.” Once at the hospital, the family is supported by a pediatrician. Zechariah had tests, and the medical team concludes that the need for an operation. “But my son has not been made. They returned to his room. They put the operation required. But my son never came back in the operating room. It was 5:30. He suffered so and he was given a sedative. He fidgeted, he fought. He told me ‘mama do not leave me. “Then he began to have difficulty breathing. surgeon is arrived at 8.30. It was too late. “

After Article Parisien , still tells Monique, the pediatrician at the hospital called her to apologize for” the misdiagnosis. ” The director of Samu, too, was called to apologize

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