Overview
- The woman arrived at CHRU de Nancy by private ambulance at about 5 p.m. on Friday and was taken in by the triage nurse.
- Triage staff recorded stable vital signs and the patient was seated in the emergency waiting room for further care.
- After not responding to several calls from staff she was later found unresponsive in the emergency-department toilets late Friday evening.
- The Nancy public prosecutor has opened a judicial inquiry and said an autopsy will be performed at the Institut médico-légal in the coming days to clarify the circumstances.
- Local unions and the hospital say the emergency service was not under unusual strain and waiting times were normal, and regional media have relied on hospital and prosecutor statements for the public account.