Who was able to get hold of more than 4,000 surgical masks in a few days? At the Pitié-Salpétrière (13th century) and at the Cochin hospital (14th century), in an anxiety-provoking climate of coronavirus, we do the accounts ...
This Tuesday, the police of the police station of the XIIIth century, in charge of two thefts investigations by the Paris Prosecutor's Office, looked into these new misdeeds in the two Parisian establishments dependent on the AP-HP (Public Assistance - Paris Hospitals).
Monday, the security manager of the establishment of the hospital boulevard (XIIIth) filed a complaint on behalf of the AP-HP. He said that 9 boxes of 50 surgical masks had disappeared from the consultation boxes of the hospital's stomatology building. "The perpetrators broke in without breaking in," said the head of security. "There was no damage. But a box key is available at reception, ”adds a police source.
"A room open to the four winds"
Last Thursday, it was the Cochin security manager who took the road to the police station to file a complaint for 3,900 stolen masks: 100 FFP2 type masks, known for their very high level of filtration of bacteria, which were stolen from the establishment of rue du Faubourg-Saint-Jacques (14th) on March 5, 1,500 masks on March 2, 2,200 on February 27 Again, no witnesses.
"It is a room open to the four winds", regrets Aglawen Vega, the general secretary of the CGT Cochin. This Tuesday, a meeting was held at the hospital between the stock staff and the director of logistics in the presence of union representatives of the CGT. Atmosphere ... "The staff are tired of being singled out," said the union member.
According to an AP-HP source, two people were arrested in one of the Paris hospitals for these thefts. Contacted on Tuesday, the AP-HP, which already deplores more than 11,000 masks stolen between several hospitals and is trying to stop "the bleeding has hammered, via its spokesperson that" complaints are systematically filed. "
