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Dr Gérald Kierzek (Medical Director of Doctissimo)
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December 29, 2022
Four years after the death of her mother in Remiremont hospital, Charlotte Zanin wonders about the circumstances of her fatal cardiac arrest. And for good reason: other patients also seem to have died for no reason in this department.
What is happening at the Remiremont hospital? This is the question asked by Charlotte Zanin, the daughter of a deceased patient, and many other victims. And for good reason: the hospital, which seems to be sorely lacking in resources – and therefore personnel – has recorded several fatal incidents.
A great vagueness around the deaths
The story dates back to December 5, 2018, when Charlotte Zanin’s mother was admitted to the emergency room for “stomach pain”.
After “at least 7 hours of waiting“, the hospital staff diagnosed him with a “stage 3 pancreatitis“. She was then taken care of in the general medicine department. Unfortunately, the 50-year-old died of cardiac arrest three days after her admission.
On the spot, no information is given to the Zanin family (neither the time nor the cause of death).
“We met this doctor who collapsed saying: ‘I don’t know’. He started crying in front of my father“, reveals, not without bitterness, Charlotte Zanin on BFMTV.
The family, who will file a complaint this week for “manslaughter“hope now that the”light and justice be done“.
Charlotte Zanin even asked for the temporary closure of “this wing of the hospital which lacks means” (1 nurse for 24 patients on the day her mother died) so “to stop this massacre“.
And for good reason: other patients seem to have mysteriously died in this hospital. According to BFMTV, three other similar investigations for “manslaughter” would also be in progress.
The administration is responsible for these incidents
If Dr. Kierzek does not wish to comment on this case in particular – justice must first do its job – he wishes to alert on the lack of means that many French hospitals are experiencing.
“In general, the lack of hospital staff leads to a loss of opportunity for patients. When understaffed doctors and nurses are burned out, incidents happen. This is a worrying phenomenon, but it should not fall on the staff: it is solely the responsibility of the administration..”