Josette Tonelli is 66 years old and lives alone with her two cats in social housing in Distroff. A small pavilion where she has her habits. In March 2023, his health deteriorated and he was diagnosed with a lung tumor. The blow is hard. She cashes in. Three months of chemotherapy at the Bel Air hospital in Thionville are necessary. But on April 16, three days after the start of her chemo protocol, she felt unwell at home and broke her ankle.
“I felt bad and I slipped in my kitchen,” says the retiree. On getting up, the pain is sharp and the concern grows as his foot swells. She then went by taxi to the Emergency Department of Bel Air in the evening. “An oblique fracture” is visible on the X-ray and requires that his ankle be cast. On April 25, she returned to the CHR Metz-Thionville for a check-up. The cast is removed. “Nine days in plaster for a fracture, we’ve never seen that,” laments Josette Tonelli who since then still can’t set foot on the ground. “I was told, don’t worry, with the physio, it will be much better…”.
“They forbid me to walk but they don’t give me the means to go for treatment”
Three months later, she still cannot drive or even walk. His foot is “red and swollen” and the risk of phlebitis is significant. Another appointment, this time at the Notre-Dame clinic, confirmed the presence of a fracture and the need for a bone scan at the end of July. However, the payment of his travel, lying down, in an ambulance taxi, was refused by the primary health insurance fund (CPAM) on the grounds that this does not fall within the scope of his long-term illness (ALD). “It’s a crazy story, my fall is nevertheless linked to the side effects of my chemotherapy, but that, the CPAM does not want to hear, continues the sixty-something woman, her voice broken by emotion. I don’t know what to do anymore, I feel helpless.” And to catch her breath: “I am forbidden to walk but they do not give me the means to go for treatment,” she laments. July 31 is approaching and she does not know if she will be able to take her exam in Bel Air, for lack of transportation support. And without examination, there is no diagnosis, no treatment and no hope of recovery.
Contacted, the CPAM did not respond to our requests
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