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Help victims of domestic violence to lodge a complaint by involving the hospital where they are often first taken care of: this is the philosophy of the experimental protocol launched this Wednesday in Marseille which notably associates the judicial court, the Bouches police services. -du-Rhône, the Public Assistance of Marseille Hospitals (AP-HM) and associations.
Because it is "essential to allow their support" and "to sanction" the perpetrators of these facts, explained the prosecutor of Marseille Dominique Laurens, during a press conference.
Four hundred women hospitalized
"Women often arrive in extremely precarious conditions in the hospital services which are the first to welcome their injuries, but also their words, and find themselves afterwards in a circuit which is sometimes extremely complex with multiple actors who will intervene", a survey Dominique Laurens.
A victim received at La Timone will thus be received by trained health professionals who "will be able to offer a forensic examination allowing the initiation of legal proceedings, either support, or a complaint taken directly in a hospital environment, or an appointment. -you with social services ”, detailed Sylvia Breton, deputy director general of the AP-HM.
In 2019, 400 women were hospitalized at the AP-HM following domestic violence, among them 80 were not 18 years old, according to Sylvia Breton.
"It is a real challenge to better support them", she added, specifying that an evaluation of the device is scheduled for early 2021.
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