The facts unfolded in January 2018. Ã ?? Ermont (in the Val d’Oise), Nathalie is hospitalized for a simple urology operation – her discharge is also scheduled for the same evening.
Except that a tragic medical error will turn his entire life upside down: the anesthesiologist uses the wrong product at the time of the injection and, instead of injecting him with a dose of anesthesia, administers him a powerful antibiotic directly into the bone marrow.
Nathalie falls into a coma for 6 days. TO?? when she woke up, this mother “could not hear anything, could not see very well and did not speak well at all”, she says at RTL’s microphone.
“For me, it’s over”
Nathalie now suffers from paraplegia – a paralysis of the lower limbs – and uses a wheelchair. “This anesthetist has taken away my freedom,” she says. Before I ran, I wanted to prepare for a marathon. For me, it’s over. TO”
Supported by her lawyer, the woman decided to file a criminal complaint for violence and unintentional injuries. “I know the money won’t bring me back my legs, but it will at least allow me to move my house,” she said. The anesthetist, meanwhile, faces up to 10 years in prison.
It is difficult to estimate how many medical errors are made each year in France. In 2017, 1,153 “serious adverse events associated with care” were reported by healthcare professionals. However, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and a 2013 Senate report, 60,000 people lose their lives each year in France as a result of a medical accident.
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