A patient died on Tuesday October 3 in suspicious conditions at the Remiremont hospital (Vosges), while the establishment has been the target of several complaints from patients' families since 2022, and the scheduled surgery activity has been suspended, a announced Thursday, October 5, the regional health agency (ARS), jointly with and the establishment.
“Following the unexpected death of a patient at the Remiremont hospital center in surgery, and due to the general context in particular regarding complaints, it was decided, as a precautionary measure, to suspend all scheduled surgical activity” , announced the establishment in a press release, confirming information from Le Point. The agency adds that “the elements of the medical file [of the patient concerned] are being analyzed by [its] medical inspectors”.
Only surgical emergencies will be covered; “The decision to resume activity” will not be taken until October 11, specifies the establishment. An investigation is being carried out to “analyze the situation and verify that all medical and surgical organizations are fully compliant with the establishment’s rules” to guarantee the safety of care, the establishment further specifies.
Medical-administrative inspection
In January, seven complaints were filed. “I have opened four judicial investigations against
In total, the hospital has been the subject of twelve complaints filed by families of patients since 2022. At least seven of them were filed by families and concern deaths of patients deemed suspicious by their loved ones. France Bleu had recently reported the case of another 82-year-old patient, admitted in June 2023 for two broken ribs, and died a few days later of “septic shock”.
Following these various complaints, “the ARS had already initiated, from January 2, 2023, a medical-administrative inspection responsible in particular for examining each identified case”.
The agency explains that “provisional observations from ARS inspectors were shared at the establishment in September”. The hospital now has “a period of time” to “formulate its response to the inspectors’ observations and provide any useful clarifications”.
The AJC association for them, which wants to help and “unite the families” of patients who died at the Remiremont hospital, will hold a press conference on Monday, to “communicate about the slowness of justice” after these complaints were filed and “ question” the ministers of health and justice “on the seriousness of such dysfunctions within the public hospital”.
