Three weeks after the tragedy, the parents still do not understand how their daughter could have died after three trips to the emergency room in their city…
It’s a dramatic story experienced by the parents of little Elhana, died on December 21 at Montauban hospital after three trips to the emergency room and several auscultations. The incomprehension is total for the parents and to find out what really happened the prosecutor decided to open a judicial investigation against X. The results of the autopsy show that the death of the little girl “is linked to an advanced severe infectious syndrome”.
The parents of the little girl have also filed a complaint and hope that justice will hear all the doctors who examined Elhana before his death on December 21. The parents recounted the ordeal they experienced before this date which changed their lives forever. It all started with a simple cough for the 6-year-old girl.
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Three round trips to the emergency room
Elhana comes home from school on Friday, December 16 and shows signs of a fever. The little girl is coughing a lot. Two days later, on December 18, his parents decide to take him to the pediatric emergency room: the little girl’s condition has worsened and she is experiencing numerous chest pains. Arrived at the pediatric emergency room of the Toulouse-Purpan University Hospital, the 6-year-old child is examined by doctors who then prescribe painkillers. They explain to the parents that the pain comes from Elhana’s strong cough. They are sent home…
Following this appointment, his state of health worsened. The little girl has a lot of fever, she coughs even more, she has trouble breathing and does not eat. On Tuesday, the little girl vomit blood, his mother therefore calls the emergency regulation platform. The firefighters come to the home and take the little girl to the Montauban emergency room. But little Elhana dies the next day in the emergency room of Montauban following a cardiac arrest. Those close to him are convinced: “Elhana died because she was not treated in time”
In 96 hours, they went to the emergency room three times but the little girl could not be saved… The inquest will determine the exact causes of her death.