The administrative court of Châlons-en-Champagne will examine Wednesday, December 19 the fate of Vincent Lambert. On Wednesday evening, experts gave a report confirming Vincent Lambert's "chronic vegetative state".
The fate of Vincent Lambert will be examined by the administrative court of Châlons-en-Champagne (Marne) Wednesday, December 19 at 14 pm, announced Thursday to AFP François Lambert, nephew of the patient, a date confirmed by a source close to the record .
Validation or not of a cessation of care
This hearing comes after the submission of a medical report confirming that this man of 42 years, quadriplegic, is in an "irreversible chronic vegetative state" . In this context, the judges will have to decide on the validity or not of a possible stopping of the care, wanted by the CHU of Reims. This summer, the decision on his end of life was postponed pending the report of the panel of experts.
"Not acceptable"
"The extreme or total limitation of his ability to access consciousness, communication, motor skills, expression of his personality, the irreversible alteration of his image, undermines him to a point that is not acceptable to him. himself and his wife and guardian, " said the three experts in their report dated November 18.