A crèche was temporarily closed in Lyon after several reports and complaints for violence and unsuitable hygiene conditions.
The clove crèche, operated by the group The blue house And located in the 7th arrondissement of Lyon (Rhône) must temporarily lower the curtain, since mid-December, for a period of three months. According to daily information Le Figarothis forced closure follows an unexpected visit on November 26 of maternal and child protection inspectors (PMI), which controls the nurseries in France.
Various complaints and “non -compliant hygiene conditions”
Several parents had already filed a complaint on November 22, 27 and 29, 2024, according to the closure decree dated December 18, 2024 that The Parisian was able to consult. For its part, Le Figaro evokes a “significant concern”, resulting from this salvo of complaints, with physical and emotional security of children welcomed on site “compromised”. The report of the PMI established last November reports on “the persistence of many dysfunctions” with “an imminent danger for health, security, physical, emotional, intellectual and social development”.
He also denounces “non -compliant hygiene conditions” for an establishment of this type, with “very used” linen and dirty premises. The breast milk brought by parents would not be used in the planned health conditions and the sizes of the diapers would not correspond to children. Information denied by the blue house.
A doctor had also reported ill -treatment in this establishment. Le Figaro specifies that the practitioner “wrote PMI directly to bring back physical and mental violence”. The “temporary suspension of activity” of the Lyon crèche is renewable once, or six months in all.
“Worrying information for physical and psychological violence”
In reality, as Lucie Vacher (EELV) reports, vice-president of the metropolis in charge of early childhood with Le Figaro, everything started from “worrying information in the 119 questioning a professional for physical and psychological violence , in this crèche.ù the lack of reaction and sanction. “We have no tolerance for these kinds of facts, which are very serious,” said the crèche, adding that the accused person is no longer part of their teams.
But that’s not all. Maternal and infantile protection points to the workforce “too low to ensure the regulatory supervision rate”, reports Le Figaro. “As for the level of diploma, it is also lower than the criteria of the public health code”, can also be read.
Reception of an unsuitable number of children, absence of educational activities … It is also what the metropolis noted last December: “Professionals, insufficient number and in great difficulty, are not capable of to meet the needs of children and, in particular, the organization of sleep, meals, changes “. In addition, and while the law requires the opposite, no member of the staff had the nursing diploma. Elements that do not make it possible to ensure “health, security, well-being and physical, mental, emotional, cognitive and social development of entrusted children”, continues the metropolis.