The lawyer of a man suffering from morbid obesity and unable to leave his home in Perpignan wrote to the Minister of the Interior Gerald Darmanin to ask him for urgent intervention, threatening to file a complaint for "
non-assistance to person in danger
”.
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“
From what I was told verbally, the Toulouse University Hospital would be reluctant to welcome Alain Panabière and the Montpellier University Hospital would have categorically refused.
I would like to draw your attention to the urgency of the intervention,
”wrote lawyer Me Jean Codognès in a letter dated 22 October addressed to the Minister.
Thursday afternoon, a doctor will go to see Alain Panabière, aged 52 and who "
weighs more than 300 kg,
" said the lawyer Tuesday, October 27.
And "
I will file a complaint for non-assistance to anyone in danger because we have been waiting too long, too long,
" he said.
A man "
in great distress
"
This former territorial official, who lives in a house "
stricken with insalubrity
", in the heart of the popular Saint-Jacques district, in the historic center of the Catalan city, "
fell at his home in July 2019 and probably broke one leg
”.
“
He was already a bit fat and stayed in the middle of a relatively small room, which is a kitchen, a living room and a bedroom at the same time.
The firefighters come and go because Brother Jean-Claude is not too accommodating.
The administration intervenes and diagnoses a man in great distress,
”says the lawyer.
Her brother has been bringing her food since July 2019.
In early August, Alain Panabière approves an evacuation agreement, which requires the destruction of the facade of the building to allow its evacuation, but nothing changes.
“
The firefighters tell me they are just waiting for orders.
But my client is seriously weakened, reports a cardiac pathology.
He reports bedsores, tells me he's bleeding.
It's a very complicated situation in terms of health,
”concludes the lawyer.
