We knew, since yesterday, that the tone was rising between the parents by Vincent Lambert and the Reims University Hospital where this quadriplegic patient has been hospitalized in a vegetative state for 7 years. But this afternoon, one of the parents’ lawyers told AFP that they were filing a complaint against the CHU, “as a legal person, against Dr Kariger (former head of the palliative care service), Doctor Simon (his successor) and Doctor Oportus (another CHU doctor) for attempted murder and ill-treatment “.
Vincent Lambert’s parents thus intending to pressure their son to be transferred to another establishment, according to their lawyer. Pierre and Viviane Lambert announced yesterday that they were reflecting on the care of their son at their home or in a reception structure for disabled people.
This decision comes the day after an announcement, made by the hospital, that a “collegial” meeting of several practitioners will be held next week in order to determine whether new medical expertise is necessary or whether it is appropriate to stop artificial nutrition and hydration, within the framework of the Leonetti law on the rights of the sick and the end of life.
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