An investigation was opened after the unexplained death for the time being on Saturday of a 19-year-old young woman in the emergency room of the Mercy hospital in Metz, we learned on Monday from the prosecution and the hospital establishment.
An investigation into the causes of death has been opened, Metz public prosecutor Yves Badorc told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily
Le Républicain Lorrain
.
An autopsy will be performed, he added.
In a press release, the Metz-Thionville Regional Hospital Center confirmed "
the death of a patient in the afternoon of March 4 following her admission in the early morning, where she was taken care of by the medical teams and emergency department paramedics at Mercy Hospital
.
According to
Le Républicain Lorrain
, which cites "
several concordant sources
", the young woman "
would have been found dead in a room where there are showers and stretchers
".
“
For the sake of confidentiality, dignity and out of respect for the family and their loved ones, the CHR (…) will not make any comments
”, continued the establishment in its press release, stressing that the hospital “
s 'associates with the pain of parents, family and loved ones whom we assure of our support
'.