Marie-Pierre decided to file a complaint against the establishment which was unable to accommodate her mother, who died two weeks after her visit to the emergency room when her state of health required it.
44 hours of suffering. An investigation has been opened by the Pontoise public prosecutor’s office into the death of Josette, 83. His daughter, Marie-Pierre, decided to file a complaint against the Simone-Veil hospital in Eaubonne for “neglect of a person unable to protect himself.” Because, according to her story, her mother spent 44 hours in the hallways of the hospital before finally returning to her nursing home.
Traumatized and weakened, Josette then refused to eat and died two weeks later.
“My mother has always been a fighter, she went to the end of things. But this passage was the trigger for her of ‘I don’t want any more'”, laments Marie-Pierre at the microphone of BFMTV.
Josette goes to the hospital on December 19 for oxygenation problems, says her daughter. The octogenarian arrives in the early evening, and his daughter joins her around 9 p.m.
“I found her in a hallway in the hospital. As there was only a sheet over her, I asked if we could get a blanket. They told me they didn’t have any. not”, explains Marie-Pierre.
“As I had a down jacket, I put it on her so she could warm up a bit,” she continues.
It will take 24 hours of waiting before the octogenarian can see a doctor. A whole day during which this 83-year-old woman is not changed, and only receives as food a compote, recount The Parisian.
“We must denounce this kind of thing”
At the end of this long day of waiting, Josette finally manages to see a doctor. This is formal: her state of health is worrying, she must be hospitalized.
“She should normally be transferred to an acute geriatric unit, but there was no room”, testifies Marie-Pierre.
It is therefore a return to the nursing home which is chosen by the doctors, and Josette ends up leaving the hospital on December 21 in the afternoon, 44 hours after her arrival.
“I want there to be recognition of the shortcomings and negligence of vulnerable people like my mother. We are in 2023, in France, we have a hospital system which should be at the forefront. Leaving an 83-year-old woman on a stretcher, without a blanket, for 44 hours, it’s not possible. We must denounce this kind of thing”, explains Marie-Pierre to Parisian.