A survivor of the Bataclan, whose surgeon tried to sell an x-ray of injuries at auction on the internet, is "extremely shocked" by the "mercantile approach" and the "contempt" of the doctor, his lawyer said in a press release on Monday.
"This doctor, not content with violating the medical secrecy of this patient, saw fit to describe on the online sales site the private life of this young woman, thus making her perfectly identifiable", also writes Me Elodie Abraham about his client, who wishes to remain anonymous.
No regrets from the doctor, according to the lawyer
He does not "seem to have taken the measure of his act since he did not hesitate to contact the victim on Sunday, to justify himself without showing the slightest regret, nor the slightest empathy for him", underlines- she.
According to
Mediapart
, which revealed the affair on Saturday, this renowned orthopedic surgeon, Emmanuel Masmejean, auctioned on OpenSea, a site specializing in the sale of NFT digital objects, the radio of a Bataclan survivor he had operated, on which we see a forearm pierced by a Kalashnikov bullet.
Paris hospitals will take legal action
The boss of the AP-HP, Martin Hirsch, immediately announced that the hospitals of Paris were going to take legal action, denouncing a “scandalous act”.
"The victim trusts the competent institutions and authorities to initiate all disciplinary and criminal proceedings so that such acts are no longer possible in the future," said the young woman's lawyer.
It also reserves “the freedom to associate itself with these procedures, so that the exemplary nature of the sanctions is commensurate with the seriousness of the violation and the contempt shown by this doctor”.
According to
Mediapart
, the radio was on sale for the sum of $2,776 (around €2,450).
The surgeon recognizes an error
With the investigative media, the surgeon acknowledged the facts which he justifies by “an educational vocation” and has since withdrawn the offer.
Assuring “having asked the question from an ethical point of view”, he recognizes “the error” of not having asked the authorization of the operated patient.
The associations of victims of November 13 "Life for Paris" and "Fraternity and Truth" had also denounced this weekend "the stupidity and greed" of the doctor, and recalled that this "odious act" remained "isolated and not representative » of the work of health professionals.
Opened in September, the trial of the attacks that left 130 dead in Paris and Saint-Denis on November 13, 2015 is due to continue until May.
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