Two doctors are on trial for manslaughter on November 4. In 2009, a girl died of sepsis after having operated at the Kremlin-Bicêtre CHU.
A surgeon, an anesthetist and the Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) on the dock. Their trial opened on November 4 at the Criminal Court of Créteil (Val-de-Marne). Health professionals and the institution are prosecuted for manslaughter.
In 2009, a six-year-old girl died of sepsis. She had been operated on five days earlier at the Kremlin-Bicêtre CHU (Val-de-Marne). Seven years later, his mother wants to establish the responsibilities.
This case is the sad conclusion of a series of mistakes made at the hospital, which belongs to the AP-HP network. Camille, 6, was admitted there due to repeated urinary tract infections. The planned operation is simple and aims to relieve it. But in the days following the operation, the child complains of pain. Fever and vomiting do not take long to appear. She eventually succumbs to cardiac arrest. His death is attributed to septic shock. The girl developed a serious infection and pathogens spread to her blood.
A lack of responsiveness
The following investigation involves the entire medical team. So much so that the AP-HP admitted its criminal responsibility in the case, and implemented corrective measures. Before the operation, a urine test was performed. It reveals the presence of an infection, reports The Parisian. No one in the OR is informed. It was not until a few days later that an oral antibiotic treatment was administered to Camille. Insufficient, the experts decided later.
The mother of the little girl also denounces the lack of responsiveness of the professionals to whom she spoke. It will now be a question of determining responsibilities and penalties. A long-awaited conclusion: the trial was scheduled for last April and was postponed by several months. Each accused faces three years’ imprisonment for manslaughter.
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