Coronavirus: He was 19 and died after several calls in which he was only told to take paracetamol | the Chronicle

At just 19, a young woman infected with the coronavirus has died May 2 in the city of Évry-Courcouronnes, in France. Her family blamed the emergency service and filed a complaint with the local police station for “non-assistance to a person in danger” Yes “homicide”.

The latter is due to the fact that, according to the media Le Parisien, after the young woman presented Symptoms of covid19 On April 30, they immediately contacted the emergency room three times, but the help was not only late, it was ineffective.

The family’s grief began on a Friday, when the Frenchwoman started with the first symptoms of the disease –breathing problems, fever and nausea-. When they contacted the home emergency medical service, they replied that “it was only the beginning of the symptoms”.

“They said, ‘Give him paracetamol'”, details a fort close to the family in the middle. Later, the situation worsened: the young woman, who could barely stand, vomiting blood when the thermometer showed a 40-degree fever. It was then that they returned to the emergency department around nine in the evening.

But they gave him the same advice: take acetaminophen. That same night of Sunday, May 2, the young woman ceased to live. According to the autopsy carried out on May 6, he died of “lung damage” and lack of oxygen.

During this time, the family did not sit idly by and filed a complaint with the Evry-Courcouronnes police station for non-assistance to a person in danger and manslaughter. For now, details of the deceased woman have not been disclosed.

“They could have controlled his breathing and oxygenated him if necessary.”said a source close to the investigation, shocked at the loss. And he added: “There is a cry for help, but no one helped her. It can happen to anyone. Is it due to lack of resources? The fear of intervening at Covid? It is inexcusable. You can be tired, tired of intervening, but you cannot be in the emergency room and half-do your job “.

Epidemiological table in France

The country chaired by Emmanuel Macron this is the fourth in the world with the largest number of infected with the coronavirus.

In the ranking of the top ten countries with the highest number of people infected with Covid-19 are United States (33,833,181 cases), India (26031991 cases), Brazil (15,898,558 cases), France (5,685,210 cases), turkey (50160423 cases), Russia (4,983,845 cases), UK (4,470,998 cases), Italy (4,178,261 cases), Germany (3,638,504 cases), and Spain (3,631,661 cases).

Also, until Friday of this week, 109,241 deaths and 5,220,245 cured were reported in France, according to figures published daily by the World Health Organization (WHO).