An octogenarian dies after drinking detergent in an ehpad near Rouen

A terrible accident occurred Tuesday, October 15 in the Ehpad. "La Ruche" in Elbeuf near Rouen in Seine-Maritime. An 82-year-old resident of the Alzheimer's Unit swallowed industrial detergent for pipes. The octogenarian was burned in the mouth and all organs, she was hospitalized and immersed in an artificial coma. It died on the night of Friday 18th to Saturday 19th October. . His family wonders and wonders how such an accident could have occurred in this unit. One of his daughters testifies.

She thought it was water testifies – one of her daughters

Magali says: "My mother was in a protected unit, there is a laundry and the door of this laundry was not locked, there was inside a cleaning cart with two glasses prepared and filled with industrial destop. the door was left open, unattended, my mother went back into the room, she thought it was water and ingested 200 ml of product. "

A complaint and an investigation

Magali, is angry. She seeks to understand "Why was this kind of product at hand, why was the room not locked?" The octogenarian who suffers from Alzheimer's was under the tutelage of Udaf, the departmental union of family associations, who lodged a complaint Thursday for lack of protection. The prosecutor's office in Rouen opened an investigation for involuntary injuries. This survey is entrusted to the urban safety of Elbeuf

The management of the Ehpad and the Red Cross which manages the establishment refused to comment.