A drama of loneliness, made even more painful by the problem of medical deserts.

In its edition of the day,

La Dépêche du Midi

, relates the sad story that occurred on Saturday October 1, in the small village of Lesparrou, in Ariège.

That evening, when the neighbors have not heard from a septuagenarian resident for three days, the mayor decides to enter his home.

Her fears are unfortunately immediately confirmed, since she finds the old man, who lived alone, dead.

The firefighters can no longer do anything for him, they legitimately do not move.

But, at Samu, no doctor is available to certify the death.

So that after many phone calls, the gendarmes are obliged to place seals on the house.

" It's a shame "

It was not until the next morning, Sunday, that a doctor could come, confirm the natural death, and allow the removal of the body.

By leaving the mayor of Lesparrou very angry: “It is lamentable to have left the body in this state (…) all night.

We have the impression of not being in France but in a country of the third world, ”confided Pascale Audouy, bitter, to the regional daily.

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