The Nancy public prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for "
administration of a harmful substance
" after unexplained discomfort felt by two nurses and a doctor from a medico-psychological center in Meurthe-et-Moselle, the Nancy public prosecutor said on Tuesday. .
Three complaints were filed in January, François Capin-Dulhoste told AFP, confirming information from the regional daily L'Est Républicain.
"
The complainants relate discomfort after the lunch break (in April and December 2022 for the two nurses, in October 2022 for the doctor)
", added the magistrate, according to which the prosecution "
entrusted the investigation to the departmental security of the count of administration of harmful substance
”.
“High dose of benzodiazepines”
According to the newspaper, the facts occurred in a medico-psychological center (CMP) in Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, near Nancy, a structure "
specialized in the outpatient treatment of patients requiring psychiatric care
".
One of the complainants felt "
violent disturbances going as far as loss of consciousness
" and had to be transported to the emergency room in Nancy, according to L'Est Républicain.
Analyzes would have revealed the presence in his blood "
of a high dose of benzodiazepines
", molecules used "
in the treatment of anxiety, stress, anxieties
" but which had not been prescribed to him, any more than to his two colleagues, writes the daily.
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One hypothesis, raised during an internal investigation at the structure, could be that a drink or food, for example a dish stored in a common refrigerator, would have been "voluntarily contaminated
by a third party, without the knowledge of the victims
" .
, indicates the regional newspaper.
Quoted by L'Est Républicain, the management of the psychotherapeutic center of Nancy-Laxou, to which the CMP is attached, thus indicates that two people were confronted
with "significant discomfort following the ingestion of their meal
".
“
A third agent mentioned remembering an identical situation a few months before
,” according to management.