Seven complaints have been filed so far after the deaths of patients deemed suspicious by their relatives at the Remiremont hospital (Vosges), said this Saturday the public prosecutor of Épinal, Frédéric Nahon. “I opened four judicial inquiries against X for manslaughter following complaints filed by the family of the victims, involving the hospital center of Remiremont”, detailed the magistrate.
“Another judicial investigation has been opened of the counts of involuntary injuries against X” and “an opening of judicial information of the heads of search for the causes of death has been opened”, he added. The prosecutor also said he had received “another manslaughter complaint” for which “opening of (judicial) information is very likely”. “In all, that makes seven procedures,” he summed up.
Me Nancy Risacher, who is following six of the seven complaints, indicates that she is “drafting” an eighth complaint for manslaughter. Only one of her clients has so far been heard by the investigating judge, she said.
Me Risacher indicates, moreover, to have been contacted by “several other people” and to be in the process of examining these files to see if other complaints could come out of them. The hospital’s lawyer, Me Frédéric Berna, deplored the “media hype” around the file, judging “bold to lead a campaign against the hospital when we know the difficulties of French hospitals today”.
“We will go and explain” if there are criminal investigations
“There are internal processes (at the hospital) which for the moment demonstrate that there are no particular faults and if there are criminal investigations, we will go and explain ourselves (…) serenely before the judge,” he added.
At the beginning of January, elected officials from the Vosges had given their support to the teams of the Remiremont hospital center, denouncing “press campaigns” having “targeted” the establishment. At the end of December, the management of the hospital said it was “sorry about the situation” and had put forward “care according to the rules of the art”.
According to director Dominique Cheveau, these complaints will shed light on the facts: “We are only asking to understand what happened. »