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A French hospital has been ordered to pay approximately €112,000 to a 73-year-aged patient following a flawed care experience after a double ankle fracture in 2016. A sexual prejudice was also acknowledged. The hospital has decided not to appeal.
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L’hôpital de La Ferté-Bernard a été reconnu défaillant dans sa prise en charge en 2016 d’une patiente qui souffrait d’une double fracture aux chevilles. | LE MAINE LIBRE
![L’hôpital de La Ferté-Bernard a été reconnu défaillant dans sa prise en charge en 2016 d’une patiente qui souffrait d’une double fracture aux chevilles.]({"srcset":"https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=320&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=7adffb6abdeb6ea50483f00ae3ed982208b35e1dda0e5137601dcb0ba09500d7 320w,https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=375&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=ad2936dbf4016c9ebb1abf7ecf591d1bd48b7d929558fbbf04fec5e48a9eba2f 360w,https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=480&height=270&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=1c6ccc189042cb282c773b511b3438efeb29f0b7415c83452f60a51ead765956 480w,https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=630&height=354&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=ffa0ec734eb76d9ed312386bbffb32c9ed8c6f434dd79befbfea4f9f89a882c2 630w,https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=940&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=5084f95da2d98a5a59e60d02dc1aafded9c705ac748ac3db6f2e9aabeab54b7d 940w,https://media.ouest-france.fr/v1/pictures/MjAyNjAzZjc3MzRkZmE0ZTA3YWVmNGM2MWNiODUzOGUxNTZmNzg?width=1260&focuspoint=54%2C59&cropresize=1&client_id=bpeditorial&sign=46967ab6ffb5b22905a25c1dd9baba08ca1877e3f31832ddbecf71c0bee09a01 1260w"})
Ten years of legal proceedings culminated in a ruling recognizing a woman as a victim of inadequate care at the La Ferté-Bernard hospital. The initial incident, while serious, was not expected to cause such disruption in her life.
As reported by L’Action L’Écho, the events date back to August 14, 2016. A 63-year-old woman suffered a fall and was taken to the emergency room at La Ferté-Bernard hospital. Doctors diagnosed a fracture of the external malleolus without displacement in the left ankle and a bimalleolar fracture…
