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C. Allain / 20 Minutes

The autopsy of the 24-year-old pregnant woman who died on Sunday in Charente-Maritime, after three calls to the Samu, reveals that she succumbed to possible consequences of an ectopic pregnancy, the La Rochelle prosecutor's office announced on Friday.

The investigation will now be entrusted to an examining magistrate.

The autopsy carried out concluded, "provisionally, to an intra-abdominal hemorrhage in connection with an ectopic pregnancy", explained the prosecution in a press release.

The young woman had just learned that she was pregnant.

She was at the home of her companion's parents in Saint-Jean-de-Liversay (Charente-Maritime) when she was "sick with nausea and pain during the evening of (Saturday) September 26th and then with discomfort in the morning. during the night, ”the statement said.

Oriented to the doctor on call

During the night, they had then decided to call the Samu of La Rochelle, twice, but the emergency services had not moved, "the regulator having recommended measures of rehydration and appeasement and directed those concerned to the doctor on call ”, according to the first elements of the investigation reported by the prosecution.

In the morning, the entourage of the young woman decided to go to the emergency room, “but her transport proved incompatible with her state of health.

Recontacted, the emergency services intervened but were unable to revive her.

His death was declared at 10 am, ”added the public prosecutor, specifying that the companion lodged a complaint.

Other additional analyzes, in particular toxicological and anatomopathological, must be carried out.

The La Rochelle prosecutor's office has indicated that it will soon open a judicial investigation against X, counts of manslaughter and non-assistance to a person in danger, entrusted to an investigating judge.

In parallel, an internal investigation was initiated by the hospital which recalls "the difficulty of evaluating the state of health of patients in regulation".

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