Death of Naomi Musenga: Strasbourg prosecutor refers to "paracetamol poisoning"

In a statement released on Wednesday, the Strasbourg prosecutor indicates the opening of a judicial investigation for "non-badistance to person at risk" in the investigation into the death of Naomi Musenga, a young woman who died after being mocked by an operator of Samu in December 2017. This opening of a judicial inquiry is one of the main demands of the Musenga family. This communiqué also specifies the causes of the death of the young woman who died because of a " paracetamol intoxication absorbed by self-medication."

A magistrate will be appointed soon. This will allow the family to have access to the file and authorize the prosecution against the operator who responded to Naomi, but also to anyone involved in the system failure. This case had already led to the resignation of the head of the Samu de Strasbourg, on June 20.

Chance of the calendar, the mother and one of the sisters (Praise) were received this Wednesday in Paris by the Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn.

"I ntoxication paracetamol absorbed by self-medication"

"I will proceed in the coming days to the opening of a judicial investigation of the head of non-badistance to person in danger against the operator of the center urgent appeals and all others, as well as the count of manslaughter against X ", said the Strasbourg prosecutor, Yolande Renzi, in a statement. The family of Naomi Musenga, her parents and her sister Praise were informed Tuesday by the Strasbourg public prosecutor who received them "to give them knowledge of the conclusions of the investigation [enquête préliminaire menée par la police judiciaire, ndlr].

In the communicated, Yolande Renzi precise having been able to evoke with them "the medical elements obtained which explain the death of Naomi Musenga as being the consequence of a paracetamol intoxication absorbed by self-medication over several days. The evolutionary destruction of the cells of his liver led to the failure of all his organs leading rapidly to his death ", adds the prosecutor.

" Naomi is not dead because she has Too much paracetamol "

Medical conclusions that are far from unanimous: Present, at the request of the Musenga family at the press conference given by the family on June 22, Professor Marescaux said: "Naomi's parents contacted me because few doctors agree to run into the hospital. The hospital stashes everything that accuses it. (…) Stop bading yourself, Naomi is not dead because she has eaten too much paracetamol. There was indeed a toxicological study highlighting a high level of paracetamol: but we took samples in the liquid of the eye because there was no more blood available because of the state of the body. This is not a good toxicological approach! The paracetamol level was too high compared to the norm: but we can not say that with a dosage drawn from the eye. "