CHU of Nancy, Nancy : the parents of Inés oppose the judgment of the care

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Published the 13.09.2017 at 18h47

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Parents Ended want time to say goodbye to their daughter. The 14-year-old is on a life support machine since last 22 June in the pediatric intensive care unit of the CHU Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle). A month after his hospitalization, the doctors decided in a collegial manner to interrupt the care. A disputed decision by parents who have appealed to the justice, reports Is a republican.

The daily reports that the young girl suffers from myasthenia gravis. This autoimmune disease progresses, seizures and leads to muscle weakness that can affect several muscles. The affected muscles in breathing are the most serious complications because the ill may need a assistant to respiratory.

“The possibilities of healing quasi-null”

The teenager would have suffered from a serious crisis in June and has been the victim of a cardiac arrest. Since then, she was hospitalized at the CHU Nancy, and the benefits of a mechanical ventilation and the administration of a sedative. Of care that physicians consider unreasonable.

“The history, clinical examination, imaging results, électroencéphalographies are a beam concordant showing opportunities for improvement or healing nearly zero according to the current data of science,” wrote the head of the department in its report on 21 July.

Dialog broken

But for parents of Inés, a chance, even a slight one, exists. “They do not believe that their daughter is catastrophic, has explained to Me Frédéric Bern, the lawyer for the parents. For them, it is not in a state completely vegetative, because they have been able to observe that it happened to him to make moves, including the hand or arm. “

An interviewed has yet explained to the family that these gestures were certainly reflexes. But the dialogue between parents and doctors appears to be broken. Convinced that the hospital wants to “make room” and retrieve beds, parents no longer believe in the medical team.