In the corridors of the Bicêtre AP-HP hospital.
Paris, France.
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NICOLAS MESSYASZ / SIPA
“Human error.
"The Kremlin-Bicêtre hospital (Val-de-Marne) has acknowledged having inverted the bodies of a deceased child and baby, reveals Le Parisien.
So a mother did not bury what she thought was her daughter, plunging her into drama.
"The AP-HP recognizes the inversion of the bodies of two children, including a stillborn, in the death chamber of the Bicêtre hospital," the institution explains daily.
This exceptional event is due to human error on the day of the funeral of the first child.
The identity-vigilance procedures in fact provide for a double check of the body's identity bracelet, which has not been carried out.
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"Sincere apologies to the bereaved families"
According to
Le Parisien
, the agent of the funeral chamber realized the terrible error "when preparing the body for the funeral of the second child a few days later", adds the AP-HP.
She renews "her sincere apologies to the bereaved families".
The management of the hospital met the two families concerned and offered to "accompany them in their efforts to organize a new funeral and exhumation in order to return the body wrongly buried to his family," indicates the daily. that the two families were informed that the hospital would cover all the costs ”.
They also indicated "take the necessary measures in the mortuary chamber to prevent an incident of such seriousness from happening again".
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