The facts took place on the night of Saturday to last Sunday, when several individuals had entered the building with the aim of robbing the premises. “The orthopedic surgeon was on call and in his office when two individuals burst in, threatened him, stole his computer. They then locked him up so that he wouldn’t sound the alarm”, reports Jean-Matthieu Defour, Director General of the CHM.
Solicited by carers surprised that the press does not report the facts, we contacted the police who did not wish to communicate, even at a minimum, “the investigation is in progress. We will say more this Wednesday, ”we were told. This does not facilitate the task of the media who struggle to obtain reliable information. The burglars were reportedly armed with machetes and hammers, but this remains to be confirmed. His two telephones, private and service, were also stolen, as well as his wallet.
According to the caregivers who contacted us, there are still many attacks, especially in the parking lot: “This hospital is a real sieve! There is a feeling of insecurity among all staff who work at night. “. They put in parallel with the difficulty of recruiting, “we have many withdrawals”. And it’s not going to get any better with this aggression from the doctor who is also the head of the operating room.
While a squat was demolished in front of the CHM, their occupants would have nothing to do with the attacks committed, tells us the municipal police, who are waiting for the investigation to progress to find out more.
Jean-Matthieu Defour indicated in a press release to give “all his support to the surgeon who was the victim of an attack during the exercise of his functions”. A complaint was filed by the director and by the victim of this attack.
At the request of the office of the Medical Commission of the Establishment (CME), an appointment is given to all the nursing staff this Thursday at noon in front of the emergency room: “The hospital must remain a protected and inviolable sanctuary. The fact that there is insecurity outside its walls does not in any way mean that we must accept the fatality that this becomes embedded in the heart of the establishment and that practitioners and caregivers come to exercise fear in the stomach,” say the GCE presidents and vice-presidents. They ask that effective additional measures be taken “to ensure the safety of caregivers inside the CHM, especially at night”.
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