The branch of SOS Médecins in Mulhouse in the Haut-Rhin interrupted all its home visits until Monday morning, after the attack on one of its practitioners by the spouse of a patient he was visiting on Saturday . “We are exercising our right of withdrawal and we will no longer make home visits until 8 a.m. Monday, in solidarity with our colleague,” Frédéric Tryniszewski, president of SOS Médecins 68, told AFP.
One of his colleagues was intervening in the city center of Mulhouse for a home visit, Saturday at the beginning of the afternoon, to a patient when “he was taken to task by his spouse who reproached him for his delay in intervention “, according to the story of the president of SOS Médecins 68.
Two shots to the right thigh
The man threatened the doctor with death, telling him to “get out”. “He then went to get a shotgun which he pointed in front of the doctor, reiterating his death threats”, still according to Dr. Tryniszewski. Frightened, the young practitioner of 30 years decided to leave the premises. “After turning around, he was shot twice in the right thigh, with severe pain,” said the president of SOS Médecins 68.
The general practitioner then called the police who quickly arrested the shooter and seized the weapon, “a ball gun, a very faithful replica of a pump shotgun”, according to Dr. Tryniszewski. His colleague, he said, “is particularly shocked” and has “haematomas”. “I strongly condemn the inadmissible aggression of an SOS Doctors doctor yesterday in Mulhouse, threatened with death and injured by gunfire during a home visit”, reacted the Minister of Health, Sunday on Twitter.
The aggressor, already known to justice
“I send him all my support, as well as his family and all the teams,” continued François Braun. The young professional filed a complaint, SOS Médecins 68 announcing that he had filed a civil action. Already known to justice, the alleged attacker was placed in police custody and will be presented to a judge on Monday for an immediate appearance, the Mulhouse prosecutor’s office told AFP.
However, consultations at the Mulhouse office of SOS Médecins are always possible “so as not to take the population hostage”, insisted Dr Tryniszewski. “We are among the last departments to provide home visits, caregivers must be respected,” he said.