Le Figaro Nantes
The ordeal then the bitterness.
Lalita Priso experienced an ordeal during her delivery at the Jules-Verne clinic in Nantes.
Lately taken into care by the hospital despite painful contractions, the young woman went into labor in May 2020, after an artificial induction obtained with great struggle according to her, because it fell on a weekend.
At the decisive moment, she found herself without a catheter, with an epidural anesthesia which produced no effect.
Childbirth puts her in torment, an ordeal
“that she would not wish on anyone”
.
She misses going there.
Her baby, a little girl, is born dead.
Then, the child reopens his eyes, thirty minutes after birth, she says.
But the lack of oxygen in those first moments caused brain damage.
The caregivers were responsible for pumping blood from his respiratory system for more than a week.
In the meantime, the verdict is in: the little girl is quadriplegic.
Almost four years later, the baby is grown.
Her name is Afény.
Severely disabled in all four limbs, she will never be able to walk or speak.
Her mother describes her as someone who smiles,
“a good living person” –
someone who is also curious, despite her
“limitations”.
A few days after revealing her story to our colleagues at
Ouest France
, Lalita Priso confided to Le
Figaro
new information about her time in the maternity ward of the Jules Verne clinic.
“There were mistakes”
“I was in a state of shock following the birth but, today, I am certain that there were mistakes,”
says this woman who interrupted her professional reconversion to work full-time. of her child.
She evokes strange behavior from medical staff immediately after the dramatic birth of her baby, awkward silences, shifty glances.
“
The placenta is like the black box of childbirth
,”
she continues.
His analysis could have helped to understand what happened.
However, I learned several days later that it had been destroyed, because it had been mixed with that of a second birth which took place later in the day...
".
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With Afény's father, Lalita Priso launched an interim order against the clinic, in order to be compensated for what they consider to be a series of faults on the part of the establishment.
“The expert opinion procedure was particularly difficult from a procedural point of view.
The first doctor had sent my client's file in 20 minutes, ruling that there was nothing unusual there,”
explains to Le
Figaro
Maître Vincent Sehier, the parents' counsel, now armed with a second report of medical expertise initialed by 20 specialists.
The experts contacted highlighted a series of failings by medical staff, including an ignored urine analysis which nevertheless revealed the presence of a bacteria dangerous to the fetus.
We take responsibility, but that doesn't mean we made mistakes.
A spokesperson for the Hospi Grand Ouest group
Requested by
Le Figaro
, the Jules Verne clinic expressed its
“deep compassion”
and its “
unwavering support” for the family, whose
“legitimate desire to seek reparation”
it understands .
The establishment specifies that it does not object to the payment of a provision
.
“We assume our responsibilities, but that does not mean that we have made mistakes,”
adds a spokesperson for the Hospi Grand Ouest group, to which the clinic belongs.
Finally, the medical center calls for
“respect for ongoing judicial and administrative procedures”
and
“restraint in the dissemination of information that could compromise the dignity and respect of those involved”,
while the case is under investigation. .
The lawyer handling the case on behalf of little Afény's parents intends to claim final compensation of several million euros.
“I am convinced that doctors want to move on;
but it will depend on the insurer Relyens,”
notes Vincent Sehier, who hopes for a settlement on this matter by May.
“Criminal and disciplinary proceedings are also being considered
,” he adds.
In the meantime, the little girl is already in school.
Relieved to have been confirmed in her suspicions by a panel of experts, the mother nevertheless retains a depth of bitterness deep inside her
.
“Whatever happens, my daughter is now seriously disabled, that’s a fact.”