Mahen, Justine, Sylvain, Kabkéo, Jean-Marie, Mohammad, Elisabeth, Jean, Sami, Elena, André ... They worked in Mulhouse as caregivers as caregivers . The Covid-19 carried them while they were carrying out their trade, their mission.
In the front line facing the pandemic, these caregivers have lost their lives there, like thousands of French people. Their loved ones recount them with emotion in this gallery of portraits dedicated to these everyday heroes.
Jean-Marie, the "Dr Nounours"
Name: Jean-Marie Boegle
Age: 66
Position: obstetrician
Location: Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin)
Date of Death: March 22, 2020
In the book of condolences opened by his relatives, a few words often come up to describe Dr. Jean-Marie Boeglé, who died on March 22 in Dijon: "human", "generous", "benevolent", "reassuring" ...
"Many call him Dr. Teddy, " sums up his daughter Pauline, 33, her voice strangled by emotion. This influx of messages testifies to this, Dr Boeglé, 66, was highly appreciated in Mulhouse, where, alongside Dr Georges-Fabrice Blum, his friend, 35, met on the benches of medical school, he had founded the maternity unit of the Diaconat Fonderie clinic.
This obstetrician-gynecologist was "devoted to his patients," insists Dr. Blum, head of the maternity department. "Even during his rest hours, he made phone calls to monitor the state of health of those he had operated on," recalls his daughter. More than the job itself, it was "the social bond that he could build with his patients that animated it," says the 30-something, who was able to observe it, as a teenager, when she replaced her secretaries. “He received gifts of thanks all the time. Wine, chocolates and lots of other little touches, ”she continues.
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Mélomane - he was the guitarist of a small rock group called Globule - and lover of beautiful motorcycles, Jean-Marie Boeglé was an "epicurean". "He was always in a good mood and liked to enjoy the simple pleasures of life," agrees his son Pierre-Yves, Pauline's twin. The height of happiness? "A good beer on the terrace", according to his daughter. "Share a small meal with the people he loved, around a tasty dish and good wines", for Pierre-Yves.
It was his love of good wines, "small or large", specifies his son, but also of "old stones" and "calm of the countryside", which had attracted him to Lusigny-sur-Ouche (Burgundy). There, he had repaired a building with his wife Jocelyne, in anticipation of their old age. A peaceful life that he rediscovered on weekends, while maintaining his weekday activities in Mulhouse. It was in his country home that the first symptoms of Covid-19 appeared. "I got him on the phone just before his intubation. The last words he said were: I love life, I will fight, "says Dr. Blum, upset. Jean-Marie Boeglé died after a week of coma.
Elisabeth, the "joie de vivre" in everyday life
Name: Elisabeth Adjibodou
Age: not communicated
Position: nursing assistant in an Ephad
Work place: Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin)
Date of death: April 7, 2020
No matter the music, she loved to dance, with her colleagues as well as with the seniors of her establishment. Caregiver within the Korian La Filature nursing home in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin), Elisabeth Adjibodou died of Covid-19 on April 7.
This forty-something man of Guinean origin, married and mother of three young children, was struck in a few days by the virus. Joined by Le Parisien, a nurse evokes in a few words the memory of this "friend", her "joie de vivre" and her "good mood" foolproof. The one nicknamed "Elisa", "Lisa" or even "Eli" was "always there" to laugh and "cheer up" these professionals in the sometimes heavy context.
Within her department, which she had integrated half a dozen years ago, this staff figure was an "exceptional colleague", "close to everyone", "devoted to her work" and "very attentive with the residents ”. His relatives opened a kitty in his memory to provide financial assistance to his family.
Mahen, "the oath of a lifetime"
Name: Mahen Ramloll
Age: 70 Years
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: Fessenheim (Haut-Rhin)
Date of death: March 22, 2020
It was out of the question for Dr. Mahen Ramloll to consider retirement. "He said he would work until his death," blows his son Christophe, 39. And to continue: “He was not very tall, but he was a real force of nature. »What her journey suggests.
Coming from a modest Mauritian family, Mahen Ramloll had left his native island shortly before his 30s to come and study medicine in Strasbourg. “His mother was sick. He dreamed of graduating to treat her, ”says Christophe. To follow his university course, Mahen Ramloll had been able to support himself thanks to the mutual help of the Mauritian community, very established in Strasbourg. But especially when working in a supermarket, outside of school hours.
Medicine was in his eyes "the passion of a lifetime". “For him, being a doctor meant treating people. He was very faithful to the Hippocratic oath, ”recognizes Christophe. "He was a very appreciated practitioner of his patients, benevolent", still praises Dr Taous Duss, general practitioner in Fessenheim, with whom Dr Ramloll collaborated.
Fond of anatomy, Dr. Ramloll was "able to draw a stomach on the corner of a table to explain how it works," smiles his son. Talented pedagogue greeted by one of his patients, Fabrice, resident of Rustenhart (Haut-Rhin). “We came out [of his consultations] always reassured, with the feeling of having learned something very useful. No doubt, he cherished his job and respected his patients, ”he salutes in a text sent to the Parisian.
"He was very aggressive, always ready to help," says Dr. Taous Duss. He also made a lot of periodic payments. It was probably during one of his last guards - he had several patients infected with the coronavirus hospitalized - that Dr. Ramloll was infected. He died on March 22 in Colmar.
Justine, "dead at the front"
Name: Justine Raharivelo
Age: 48
Position: nursing assistant
Place of work: Châteauroux (Indre)
Date of death: April 9, 2020
The news of the death of Justine Raharivelo, 48-year-old nursing assistant, which occurred on April 9, shocked the staff of the CHU de Châteauroux (Indre), where she worked. "The staff are in shock," says a doctor from the hospital to the newspaper La Nouvelle République. She died on the forehead. It's horrible ... It means that nobody, really nobody, is safe. "
"She was a very popular woman and her disappearance is dramatic," adds Gil Avérous, the mayor of Châteauroux.
Justine was raising four minor children alone, according to France Bleu Indre. To support them, a kitty was created by relatives. It already brings together several thousand euros. In response to the tragedy, the deputy of Indre François Jolivet launched an appeal to grant a special status to the children of caregivers who died from the virus. It would be "similar to that of" Pupil of the Nation "and could allow" support for schooling and studies, social security "by the State.
Kabkéo, a "harmonious and rich personality"
Name: Kabkéo Souvanlasy
Age: 65
Position: General practitioner
Work place: Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Date of death: April 17, 2020
In France, in Laos but also in the United States, in Canada, in Australia or in Thailand, Laotians lit up Buddhist pagodas last weekend in memory of Dr. Kabkéo Souvanlasy.
This family doctor, born 65 years ago in Laos, has been practicing in Sevran since 1987. He succumbed to Covid-19, Friday April 17 on his bed in the intensive care unit of the Robert-Ballanger hospital in Aulnay-sous- Bois, where he was admitted on March 16.
"He was on the front line and was contaminated by examining patients who had Covid-19," reports Dr. Manola Souvanlasy-Abhay, cousin by marriage of the deceased who maintains a practice in Paris, in the 13th arrondissement. 93 was a department severely affected by the virus. His wife has also been infected, but she is getting better. "
In a long text that she wrote as a tribute for it to be broadcast on a Laotian radio, she paints a portrait of a man who had "a harmonious and rich personality".
André, "always with that smile on your face"
Name: André Charon
Age: 73
Position: general practitioner
Place of work: Saint-Louis (Haut-Rhin)
Date of death: April 3, 2020
Doctor Charon, 73, was a respected and appreciated practitioner. After having maintained a practice for many years on rue de Mulhouse in Saint-Louis, in the Haut-Rhin, André, a general practitioner, continued his career by having arranged his working time at the Folgensbourg health center, where everyone appreciated work with him.
"He was a good person. He was very dedicated in his work. He even wanted to work until age 80. I always saw him with that smile on my lips, always ready to help us, ”says Parisian Sophie Hanser, a liberal nurse in the medical structure. "He was very close to his patients, we had some in common, they are really sad to have lost their doctor," continues the caregiver. This creates a big void in Folgensbourg. Dying of a virus is just horrible. "
"His passion was above all his job," says his wife Anne, reached by phone. As for the councilor of Folgensbourg, he describes "a man very attentive, very appreciated, very requested too". Max Delmond, mayor of the Alsatian village, had been informed two weeks ago that the only general practitioner of the health center had been hospitalized because of the Covid-19. "We did not imagine that it could be so serious," added the elected official with DNA, remembering that André Charon would have liked to exercise like his father, "as long as he was in good shape".
"He did not think of withdrawing at all, he did not see himself cut off from his patients, he was one of the few doctors to still make home visits," said his wife. The man liked to "garden or play golf in summer, ski in winter". “He has always been close to nature. He was not one to be inactive staying on a sofa, ”concludes his widow.
Elena, the flagship of the Montfermeil hospital
Name: Elena Mamelli
Age: 52
Position: nurse and care director
Place of work: Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Date of death: March 29, 2020
It was one of the oldest and most solid pillars of the Montfermeil hospital (Seine-Saint-Denis). Elena Mamelli, 52, a nurse working in this Seine-Saint-Denis establishment since 1989, and of which she was the director of care since December, died on March 29. Hit hard by the Covid-19.
The hospital lost "a great lady", moved, at the announcement of his death, Xavier Lemoine, the mayor (DVD) of the town. "Elena Mamelli was very well known" in this hospital, "by her seniority and her personality", explains the management, who praises her "professionalism, her dedication for the public hospital and the patients".
In 30 years, the caregiver has climbed the ranks of this establishment one by one, without ever leaving it: nurse, then health manager, senior manager, before being appointed acting director of care. "He was a very appreciated personality of the hospital, his death marked the staff", confirms the management of the establishment, which, in the wake of his death, set up a listening cell for carers on the site.
His disappearance also created a wave of emotion, and anger, among local elected officials. To start with Dominique Dellac, departmental councilor (FG), who said she was "deeply upset" by the news. For the elected official, this "brutal and trying death testifies to the unwavering commitment of all caregivers against this appalling virus risking their lives".
Guy, the doctor who "didn't want to retire"
Name: Guy Pfister
Age: 75
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: Wassy (Haute-Marne)
Date of death: April 15, 2020
Dr. Pfister was a country doctor "as we see so many," says the mayor of Wassy (Haute-Marne), Christel Mathieu, still moved after the death of the man he considers a friend. He was one of those who were "always available, always there from morning to night." He gave a lot, he was great, ”recalls the mayor of the town of 3000 inhabitants.
Guy Pfister is survived by a wife, and two children, a daughter, and a son, and four grandchildren.
From Guy, Christel Mathieu above all retains the image of a committed doctor. Fireman for more than 25 years, president of the local soccer club, hunter, Guy Pfister was very well known locally and "very appreciated", beyond the limits of the town. “The whole pelvis comes for treatment at Wassy. He spent his entire career here, ”recalls the city councilor.
“Besides, we're trying to set up a medical office right now. Its construction stopped because of the confinement, but he wanted to be there for the inauguration which should have been done at the end of March. He even had an option, he wanted to be one of the five doctors in the office, he didn't want to retire! “, Is still surprised Christel Mathieu.
"It is sad to see him die from this, it is the first case in the commune. We do not yet know how he will be buried, but there have not been more burial ceremonies since the start of confinement, "laments the mayor of the commune of Grand Est, a region particularly affected by the pandemic.
Sami "and his always positive state of mind"
Name: Sami Reda
Age: 63
Position: doctor
Place of work: L'Isle-Adam-Parmain (Val-d'Oise)
Date of death: March 26, 2020
A doctor "devoted, close to his patients", an "extraordinary guy", an "angel" ... It is in these terms that those who knew him speak of Sami Reda. Originally from Cana, in southern Lebanon, the 63-year-old doctor had been admitted to intensive care at René Dubos hospital, after the first symptoms appeared. Sami Abdelreda, his full name, had arrived in France in 1986 from Senegal where he had grown up and started his medical studies.
Sami Reda was a man in the field, “close to his patients and his teams. His advice was invaluable during the institution's Covid-19 crisis meetings, ”reads the website of the geriatric hospital at L'Isle-Adam-Parmain, in reaction to the tragic disappearance of their colleague. His friends at the hospital, as well as the entire staff, were particularly affected by his death: “Everyone will miss his smile, his dedication, his kindness and his always positive state of mind. "
This Cergy resident, father of four, was also the doctor for the Jokers de Cergy-Pontoise first ice hockey team. His disappearance arouses emotion among the licensees. “It's unfair, coward Christophe Cuzin, manager of the Jokers. We are bruised, it happened suddenly. Sami had been our volunteer doctor for four years. He was present at all our matches. Unfortunately, we will not be able to go to the funeral, but when we come out of confinement, we will pay tribute to him. We want his memory to last, because he was really a good person. Sami Reda died in Pontoise on March 26.
Sylvain, "more than a doctor"
Name: Sylvain Welling
Age: 60
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: L'Hôpital (Moselle)
Date of death: March 22, 2020
He is one of those field doctors who does not count their hours. A few days before his condition worsened, Dr. Sylvain Welling was still with his patients from L'Hôpital, a town in Moselle, on the border with Germany. Hospitalized in intensive care, the general practitioner, from a family of coal miners from eastern Moselle, died on March 22 at the age of 60.
The coronavirus epidemic has therefore not started the practitioner's engagement with his patient base. This is confirmed by Christian, 48, who has visited the doctor's office since 1996, and did not hesitate, like dozens of other patients, to pay tribute to him on social networks. "You can not imagine what a guy he was, he was more than a doctor," says the truck driver, still stunned by the terrible news. “It always took a few minutes at the end of the consultation to chat. He was always available, always managed to receive me between two patients for an emergency, ”recalls Christian.
"He was the perfect example of the family doctor," says Jean Schuler, a 73-year-old retired practitioner, with whom he worked for some fifteen years. Early in the morning or late at night, he was always available. "
Since the sudden death of his wife Marie-Odile (52) in February 2015, following a ruptured aneurysm in winter sports, the 60-year-old had only his job and his daughter Solène, a student in osteopathy, to which to hang on. "He was probably doing even more than before," blows his ex-colleague. After the confinement, predicts Christian, "we, his patients, will try to pay homage to him at L'Hôpital and surely in Saint-Avold where he lived. At least he deserves that! "
Jean, "an admirable man"
Name: Jean Pouaha
Age: 58
Position: dermatologist
Place of work: Thionville and Metz (Moselle)
Date of death: March 30, 2020
This brilliant dermatologist was born in 1961 in Bana, Cameroon. Jean Pouaha, who worked on the Thionville and Metz sites of the CHR and suffered from serious pathologies, died in intensive care at the Schuman hospital in Metz. On social media, his secretary expressed his distress: “It has been four years since I was the secretary of Dr Pouaha. I worked with him almost every day. I miss him a lot. It is a great loss. I think a lot about his wife and daughters. Nothing will ever be the same again in the service, "said the young woman, referring to the one who died on March 30 in Metz.
One of his patients, Denise, also testified to the emptiness he was going to leave. “He was my doctor for many years, an admirable man and always attentive. I will miss him a lot, ”says Messina. A feeling unanimously shared by those who knew him. "It is a great loss for dermatology, great loss for medicine and the CHR of Metz and Thionville, great loss for his patients, a great loss for the humanism he represented", comments a friend on Facebook.
This professor was also "an unwavering ally in the fight against HIV", and had worked with the association AIDES in Metz, which paid him a vibrant tribute.
Olivier, the one who "moved at night for the most fragile"
Name: Olivier Schneller
Age: 68
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: Couthenans (Haute-Saône)
Date of death: March 23, 2020
Retirement yes, but not for now! So Dr. Olivier Schneller, 68, continued his vocation as a part-time country doctor. His four sons told us about their father, a Protestant scout, invested in the Christian faith, keen on hiking, proud of his 11 grandchildren. Olivier Schneller was to celebrate in early April his 40 years of marriage. But on March 23, the Covid-19 epidemic prevailed like so many other French people.
The country doctor had been based in Couthenans, in eastern Haute-Saône, since the early 1980s. “He listened to his patients, made numerous home visits and did not hesitate to move at night for the most fragile people ”, remember Alain, Luc, Gilles and Denis, to whom Olivier Schneller always managed to devote time during their childhood, his office being installed next to their house.
President of the local Continuing Medical Education (CME), committed to the firefighters who raised him lieutenant-colonel at the time of his retirement last year, Dr. Schneller seemed to have his hand always ready to be extended to the other. Even in family moments, on the road to the Alpes-du-Sud, where he loved to hike and bivouac his sons. "I remember that when I was little, when we went on vacation, as soon as he saw a road accident, he stopped to help the firefighters and he joined us later on our vacation spot", says Denis, his youngest child.
All married, his four sons are scattered between the Paris region, Alsace, Switzerland and the Massif Central. But Olivier Schneller remained their referent doctor, refusing to leave the health of his family in the hands of others. A devoted clan chief who “tinkered with wooden toys with his grandchildren, organized treasure hunts for them and set up huts in his house and garden. For older children, he had already sewn kites. "
A generosity that he also shared with Protestant scouts, a movement he knew from a very young age and never left. Sunday preacher in the evangelical church of Héricourt, a neighboring town of Couthenans, he was a member of the Evangelical Scouts of France and participated in particular in training young people and Scout leaders.
In the summer of 2018 again, the country doctor, nicknamed Beaver by his Scout friends, had supervised the general infirmary of a camp with 600 young people. "He naturally became Papi Castor for his grandchildren in the family," write his sons. Dr. Schneller continued to receive patients until early March, when he was hospitalized in critical condition.
Saint-Maur nurse "will be missed by everyone"
Name: not communicated
Age: 51 years
Position: nurse
Place of work: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne)
Date of death: March 23, 2020
She was 51 years old and worked in an Ehpad, in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (Val-de-Marne). This nurse died at her home the night of April 3 to 4. "He was a wonderful person, we will all be missed," laments a colleague from the establishment.
Mother of two children aged 19 and 20, she had been an employee of La Résidence Sévigné for a year and had also worked vacations there.
“This caregiver had symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and had been tested last week, at the request of the establishment. Even if the test turned out to be negative, she was, as a precaution, on sick leave for several days and followed by her family doctor, ”explained the LNA Santé group, owner of La Résidence Sévigné. A psychological unit has been set up in the establishment.
Jean-Jacques, a pensioner who "continued to help his overworked colleagues"
Name: Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy
Age: 67
Position: emergency doctor
Work place: Compiègne (Oise)
Date of death: March 21, 2020
Retired for a year, this 67-year-old emergency doctor had not hesitated to resume his stethoscope when the coronavirus arrived in the Oise. Jean-Jacques Razafindranazy is the first French doctor to succumb to the epidemic, on March 21 “My father sacrificed himself, his son told us. He was retired and could have stopped, but he continued to help his overworked colleagues. […] We needed him, so he came, taking precautions. His duty has taken over. He worked because he liked it. It was his life. We are very proud of him. "
Specialist in visceral surgery, father of three children and six grandchildren, the Compiègne emergency physician felt the first symptoms of the disease at the end of February, after returning from a stay in Madagascar, where he came from. "He came back in great shape, but the Covid-19 was stronger," says his family. He came home from an extremely tired guard and soon fell ill. He was no longer eating, had no taste, when he was a bon vivant. Despite everything, knowing that he was sick, our father wanted to go back to work. It was the guard too many. He was quickly sidelined by his colleagues and tested positive. "His condition suddenly deteriorated," lamented an upset emergency doctor who rubbed shoulders with him several times.
"He was a very nice and professional man," says a paramedic from Compiègne. "A person of infinite dedication and patience," says a caregiver. "His colleagues are shot dead," blows an emergency doctor from the Oise. We did not ask to die, even if we assume our responsibilities. "
"He came back to work, it was the commitment of his life which means a lot for the caregivers that we are," says emergency physician Patrick Pelloux. The mayor of Compiègne also paid tribute to the practitioner: "He came voluntarily to treat, knew he was taking a risk and gave his life for another. He is the first of these medical fighters to disappear. "I was treated by this doctor and it touches me a lot," says Jessica, a woman from Compiègne. He was a very good doctor. I hope that a street, a plaque or other will be put in his name to pay tribute to him. He died for France. "
Mohammad "has dedicated his life to caring for people"
Name: Mohammad Hassen Hossenbux
Age: 68
Position: General practitioner
Work place: Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
Date of death: April 14, 2020
He was 68 years old. Mohammad Hassen Hossenbux died on April 14, from the aftermath of Covid-19 at the Foch hospital in Suresnes (Hauts-de-Seine). The general practitioner, established in Saint-Denis for about thirty years, worked without counting his hours. "He was very dedicated, he helped a lot of people," says his lifelong friend, Iqbaal Jhurry. “His door was always open. I think he was a very good doctor, with a very safe diagnosis, ”also says a local resident.
The Pakistani community, in particular, flocked to this doctor, the only one in Saint-Denis to speak Urdu - a language from which he had learned the basics at school, in Mauritius where he was from. At the very beginning of the epidemic, his son and daughter were worried to see their father thus exposed: “They had told him to go and get masks from the pharmacy. He tried well, but we were in full shortage, they tell us. He was a little upset to be forced to go to work without protective equipment. But he dedicated his life to caring for people, so he went there anyway ... ”
The doctor fell ill very quickly. According to his family, he must have stopped working even before the confinement began on March 17. "He went to the emergency room for the first time, got out of it because his condition did not seem too serious. And then he went back to the hospital. He spent two weeks there and he passed away. "
Jérôme, the humanitarian soul
Name: Jérôme Valette
Age: 65 Years
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: La Tour-d'Auvergne (Puy-de-Dôme)
Date of death: April 22, 2020
At 65, Doctor Jérôme Valette was slowly starting to talk about his retirement "on the horizon of his 70 years", said Yannick Tournadre, a nurse from the commune of La Tour-d'Auvergne, in Puy-de-Dôme. It was there that the general practitioner, who died of Covid-19 on April 22, at the CHU in Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme), officiated until the beginning of the month. Married and father of two children aged 20 and 25, Jérôme Valette was the only doctor in this town of 650 souls, nestled in the Sancy massif.
"Her good nature and her smile could not hide her taste for gastronomy, the pleasures of the table and friendly exchanges around a good vintage," also underlines the mayor of the town, Marie-Madeleine Fereyrolles, a former pharmacist who has well known the general practitioner. He loved the locals and he knew how to adapt to all situations. "
“He arrived here in 2003, remembers Yannick Tournadre, and since then he has been carrying out his mission as a country doctor with dedication and discretion. The sexagenarian, born in Ivory Coast, worked for a long time in humanitarian work, crisscrossing the world, before opting for the tranquility of this small hilly village. "He has known many epidemics, health crises," insists the nurse. Yet it was in France that Jérôme Valette gave up, faced with the unexpected arrival of this virus in La Tour-d'Auvergne. "He left his skin on his forehead. He was on the front line and was hit by the first bullets, ”said the caregiver.
Philippe, "devoted as not possible"
Name: Philippe Lerche
Age: 67
Position: General practitioner
Place of work: Villers-Outréaux (Nord)
Date of death: April 19, 2020
"He will have fought with skill and humanity. He was someone who was highly esteemed by his patients and devoted as much as possible. Jean-Paul Cailliez, mayor of the commune of Villers-Outreaux (North), where Dr. Philippe Lerche has officiated for 30 years, is very moved by the disappearance of this 63-year-old general practitioner. This man, father of two children and grandfather of two grandchildren, who "never let his patients down", died on April 19 at the Lille University Hospital, succumbing to Covid-19, after a long period in resuscitation. "Many residents would have liked to participate in his funeral, this death affects us a lot," also slips the mayor of Villers-Outreaux.
His wife, Lidia Lerche, evokes with La Voix du Nord a man "with a whole character", who "never hid his thoughts". "You had to take it as it was, but he was a very caring person for his patients, who never hesitated to give them a lot of his time," she also describes. Her husband was to integrate, at the end of the epidemic, a health center, inaugurated in 2019 in this city of 2000 inhabitants.
Since the announcement of his death, his patients have multiplied the tributes on social networks, evoking a man "great, always listening", "simple and appreciated by all", "with a big heart and innate kindness", who "always had a nice word, a smile, a joke". "He was a confidant, a friend, a psychologist ... A full member of the family. He saw me born, saw my son born. I will never forget this great man, ”writes also, very affected, a resident.
