A sign indicating the emergencies of a hospital (illustration) – ALLILI MOURAD / SIPA
Did an 11-year-old girl die from a medical error? Wednesday, the child died, at the Arnaud-de-Villeneuve hospital in Montpellier (Hérault), where she had been transferred after her treatment on Monday at the hospital in
Sète, relate Noon Free.
According to the testimony of her mother, a Frontignan woman, interviewed by the regional daily, the girl had been admitted to the emergency room of the Sète Hospital Center, while she had “a very stomach ache”. She reportedly received, the regional daily continues, an “accidental injection of 5 mg of adrenaline, instead of an ampoule of Spasfon”.
An open investigation
His state of health would then have suddenly deteriorated. “She started shaking and vomiting blood and then her heart stopped,” said the victim’s mother. She spent two hours in intensive care in Sète, then they transferred her to the CHU in Montpellier. “
This Thursday morning, Fabrice Bélargent, the prosecutor of the Republic of Montpellier, tells 20 minutes that a preliminary investigation for manslaughter was opened “following the injection received by the child at the hospital in Sète”.
The hospital has launched an internal investigation
Requested Wednesday by 20 minutes, Sète hospital reacted this Thursday morning. In a press release, management indicates that it was “informed on May 25 [lundi] of the care of a young patient by the emergency department and of her transfer to a serious state in intensive care at the Montpellier University Hospital where she died. ” “An internal investigation was carried out without delay in order to shed light on the facts”, indicates the hospital, which specifies that, “taking into account the rules surrounding medical confidentiality, nothing concerning the care of this young patient will not be communicated ”.
The hospital did not state in its press release whether an injection error was made. The establishment also indicates that it will “make every effort to understand the circumstances of this care”. For their part, the Occitanie Regional Health Agency and the Montpellier hospital did not respond to our requests on Wednesday.
Mom said to Noon Free his intention to file a complaint.
