The Bordeaux University Hospital and two gynecologists appear before the criminal court in the Priscilla Dray case, who had gone to the establishment for an abortion and ended up losing its four members due to an infection not taken care of to time according to her.
- After undergoing an interruption of pregnancy, Priscilla Dray was infected with the bacteria of type A pyogenic streptococcus, called “flesh -eating bacteria”, which was not taken care of until two days.
- Since this pathogen started to gnaw at her feet and hands, the patient had to be amputated at both legs, right forearm and left hand.
- This February 17, justice will have to establish the responsibilities of the Bordeaux University Hospital and two gynecologists who led to the very heavy handicap of the mother of three.
This Monday, February 17, the trial of the Priscilla Dray affair opens in Bordeaux. It all started on July 22, 2011, the date of this young woman “has completely changed”. Mother of three children, aged 35 at the time, she went to the Pellegrin CHU to undergo a voluntary termination of pregnancy. Five months after giving birth, she had just discovered that she was again pregnant. “I got there for an outpatient intervention”, During which she underwent a curettage then the installation of a IUD, said the patient in Our program.
If a few hours after the operation and get back home, everything was fine, it was not the day after. “I had 40 ° C of fever!” Since she did not smell well, she decided to go to the emergency room of the Bordeaux hospital. “An intern receives me. That day, I did not see the doctor on duty (who is in the establishment but does not move). Everything was done by phone.” After examining it, it is a medical student who withdraws her IUD and takes a vaginal sample. “She had doubts about an infection. So I demanded antibiotics”, said the merchant. A request refused by the practitioner on the other end of the line, which sends her home.
“I still do not understand, to date, why I have been allowed to dye in this maternity service”
In the night, his condition deteriorates. The next day, she consults a general practitioner who suspects a septicemia and again guides her in the emergency room of the maternity hospital in Bordeaux. “I was received by an intern who did not take me seriously and who thought that I was doing cinema. She did not even examine me. However, I had frozen feet and hands. (… ) I still do not understand, to date, why I have been gave me in this maternity service. “ After examining the results of their blood test, the medical team diagnoses septic shock. More specifically, the type A pyogenic streptococcus bacteria, called “bacteria eaten flesh”, began to gnaw at his feet and hands. Subsequently, healthcare professionals prescribed antibiotics, but later it was transferred to the “stripping” service because of its respiratory distress.
“In the night, my husband is announced that I was between life and death. (…) I presented multiple skin necrosis. I was plunged into a coma for weeks, then hospitalized for months in the Gally burnt service. “ A month after the curettage and the installation of IUDs, in late August, Priscilla must be amputated at the level of the two legs, the right forearm and the left hand, because its members necrose. After that “nightmare”the mother decided to settle this story in justice, because she believed that the CHU was slow to administer antibiotic therapy and delayed its management.
The Bordeaux University Hospital and two gynecologists in court for involuntary injuries
In January 2017, the hospital was ordered to pay 300,000 euros in terms of provision on a future compensation. “No element makes it possible to limit the share of liability of the CHU in the occurrence of the damage”, had declared the magistrates. Today, the establishment and two gynecologists appear before the criminal court for involuntary injuries with incapacity greater than three months. This trial must determine if there have been medical errors in the care of the patient, who is currently suffering from kidney failure, cannot walk without prostheses and needs full -time assistance, according to France 3 New Aquitaine.
