Le Figaro Bordeaux
The emergency physicians of the Lesparre-Médoc mutualist clinic are traumatized.
This Tuesday, a man admitted for behavioral problems assaulted four caregivers and another patient with the iron bar of an infusion.
“
In his gaze, the patient wanted to kill.
The day after the shock, the medical team realizes how scared they were
, ”describes, bewildered, Yann Pilatre, the general manager of the Pavillon de la Mutualité, which manages all the mutualist clinics in the Gironde.
Without the rapid intervention of the gendarmes who were patrolling nearby, "
the worst
" was to be feared, according to him.
Very "
agitated
" on his arrival, this 42-year-old patient had to be strapped to a stretcher while awaiting treatment.
Despite the painkillers that had been administered to him, he "
unpinned
" when passing a scanner.
“
Very strong
” physically, the one who was neither alcoholic nor under the influence of narcotics, became uncontrollable.
A stretcher-bearer who intervened has a broken nose.
Three carers were injured in the face, while the person who came for treatment was beaten.
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The mentally insane patient
An aggression which intervenes in an already "
tense
" context due to the lack of personnel in the emergency room.
At rest this Wednesday, the victim caregivers therefore decided to resume on Thursday despite their bruises.
Totally unable to exercise, only the stretcher-bearer with the broken nose is off work.
A discussion group will be led by the clinic's psychologist this Thursday in order to discuss it "
coldly
".
Immobilized by the gendarmes of the Gironde, the crazy patient was automatically interned at the Charles Perrens psychiatric hospital in Bordeaux.
