A criminal investigation was opened Thursday after the death of Zechariah, a child of 10 years died Sunday at a hospital emergency department of Seine-Saint-Denis, and the ambulance refused to take charge. The parents decided to sue for manslaughter. The judge handling the case ordered “the practice of judicial autopsy” to determine the exact causes of death of the child.
Zechariah , age 10, died Sunday morning at Delafontaine Hospital Saint-Denis. According to the newspaper Le Parisien , which broke the story, or the ambulance or fire, or taxis have agreed to make the trip to take him to the ER. Finally taken to the hospital by a taxi driver hailed in the street by the parents of the victim, at night, the boy who vomited and convulsed, was supported for appendicitis.Death of a child in the ER: Hospital defends liberationafp
“He could not eat, had very badly. I was scared, I saw that it was not a normal sore belly “, has explained his mother, Monique, 32 years old. The mother of three other children still unable to explain the sequence of failures that it believes have “killed” his son.
Saturday night saw as prescribed by the doctor who diagnosed gastroenteritis were not drug effect, she decides to take her husband Zechariah emergencies. “I called the fire department, they listened to me but told me that it was not urgent” , she says. The family does not have a car, she called a taxi company. Problem, the area is famous “infamous” and was told that the drivers do not want to come. Monique decides to wear at arm her child, who vomited and convulsed, and starts across the road when a taxi password. A driver finally stops. At the hospital, after an ultrasound, diagnosed appendicitis to operate immediately. “They made him an infusion, an ultrasound and prepared to go to the block. Then we waited for the surgeon “ remembers his mother. But soon, the state of Zechariah deteriorates, and the child, cardio-respiratory arrest, died shortly before 9:00.“He was abandoned by all”
“He was abandoned by all” , said Monique 32 years, the mother of the child interviewed by Le Parisien . “Nobody can help us because we live in a tough neighborhood. This is however not the bush here “ says this resident of a city of Epinay-sur-Seine (Seine-Saint-Denis). Convinced that her unhappiness is related to living “in the wrong neighborhood” , the mother argues that the arrival of emergency could change things and she filed a complaint for failure to assist a person in danger.
The final results of the autopsy are known in several weeks. But according to a source close to the investigation, the death may be due to a rare heart defect, which had never been detected.
To his mother, who is described as sporty and shows a photo Zechariah taken during a judo class, “nobody had detected” . “I am angry because there has been negligence, but I would especially like to understand and they give me all the evidence and all medical examinations were performed on my child” she asked.medical services belie malfunction
“The support was immediate and constant, there was no delay. It is sudden and unexpected death, why we did request an autopsy “, added Dr. Simon Escoda, head of pediatric emergencies. “The responsibility of the hospital is not engaged. We are calm, there was no dysfunction “, said the deputy director.
The final results of the autopsy Tuesday on the child will be known in several weeks. But on Wednesday, the first findings were forwarded to the family in an interview, said Dr Escoda, refusing to reveal “any medical factors .” The Minister of Health, Marisol Touraine, asked the Regional Health Agency (ARS) to achieve “in a prompt investigation to establish the exact circumstances of death” and “the conditions of its support from home” . According to a spokesman for the LRA contacted Thursday, the first elements reveal that “protocols supported emergency have been applied” , but the investigation continues.
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