A People & Baby nursery closed in Bordeaux for 3 months by the Gironde prefecture, in particular due to a “climate of insecurity”.

This closure comes after the death of an eleven-month-old child at the end of June in a group crèche in Lyon.

The prefecture notes the "inappropriate behavior of three professionals supervising children" exposed in a "report sent by the juvenile prosecutor's office", namely "inappropriate cries and words during outings in the outdoor area located in the car park of the building ".

The text also mentions a report by a doctor from the Maternal and Infant Protection of July 11 which evokes "[a] malaise of the children, [a] climate of discouragement and insecurity in the nursery" Eden Art, "[the ] presence of a child unknown to the professionals present, [a] operational manager unreachable”.

According to the decree, the temporary closure was “requested” by the department, which manages the authorizations for the opening and operation of the crèche.

No facts of child abuse found

Following "various arrests" from parents, professionals but also from a neighbor of the structure, the departmental maternal and child protection services (PMI) had carried out an initial unannounced inspection of the establishment in March, leading the PMI to issue a series of “recommendations” for its manager, as part of a “contradictory procedure”, explained the department of Gironde in a press release.

"In concrete terms, it was a question of proposing an action plan, of stabilizing the establishment's workforce in the face of a turnover incompatible with the needs of the children welcomed", underlined the department.

Joined by AFP, the department said it had no knowledge of child abuse, but noted that the staff "was insufficient and suffering".

In his press release, he specifies that "if an action plan was indeed proposed by the structure at the end of April, new reports led the department to carry out a second unannounced check" in July.

He then "noted that the corrective measures" had not been taken and that "dysfunctions persisted, namely that the physical and emotional safety of the children received [was] no longer guaranteed".

Bordeaux cancels its reservation of 25 places in the nursery

At the end of June, in Lyon, an eleven-month-old girl died in a crèche belonging to the same group.

An employee was indicted for intentional homicide, suspected of having made the child ingest a caustic product.

The establishment was closed for three months and the government seized the General Inspectorate of Social Affairs (Igas).

In Bordeaux, the town hall, which reserved “25 places out of 32” in this crèche, indicated that it knew that the establishment “had been encountering operational difficulties for several years, even before its takeover by People & Baby”.

She also assured that she "cancelled the reservation market for places for the Eden Art nursery".

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