2023-08-11 22:35:00
Suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and affected by the death of his wife, Claude Got decided to resort to assisted suicide in Belgium. He died on Friday.
By NJ with AFP Claude Got, “father of accidentology”, died at the age of 87. © JOEL ROBINE / AFP Published on 08/11/2023 at 10:35 p.m.
He was considered the “father of accidentology” and had “Mister road safety” as a nickname in France. Friday August 11, the doctor Claude Got died in Belgium, at the age of 87, announced the League against road violence, confirming information from the Monde.
Suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and “deeply affected by the death of his wife”, Claude Got, “went to Belgium for an assisted suicide, according to his wishes”, specified Jean-Yves Lamant, president of the League against road violence, informed of the death by the family of the deceased. His disappearance was also confirmed by the French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Member of the expert committee of the National Road Safety Council
“Expert among experts in accidentology”, “constantly consulted” and “solicited by most governments” on road safety issues, he “worked hand in hand with the League against road violence” for more than twenty years, added Jean-Yves Lamant. He was “the Mr. road safety in France for 60 years” and “all his conclusions were authoritative”, summarizes the president of the association.
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This pathologist was a member of the expert committee of the National Road Safety Council (CNSR) but also president of the scientific college of the French Observatory of Drugs and Drug Addiction and honorary professor of the René-Descartes University of Medicine (now Université Paris- Quoted).
Claude Got began his career as an intern in Paris hospitals, then head of clinic before heading to pneumology, intensive care and finally pathological anatomy. In this capacity, he carried out autopsies of accident victims to develop biomechanical knowledge of the lesions produced by accidents.
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