“If a victim wishes to file a complaint, the doctor contacts the police using a dedicated telephone line,” we can read in a press release signed Wednesday by the AP-HP, the Paris police headquarters and the Ministry of Defense. Justice.
Victims of domestic violence will be able, from Wednesday October 4, to file a complaint directly in Ile-de-France hospitals when they are treated in the emergency room, the AP-HP, which manages the emergency services, jointly announced in a press release. public hospitals in Ile-de-France, as well as the Paris police headquarters and the Ministry of Justice.
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An agreement, signed Wednesday by Nicolas Revel, general director of the AP-HP, Laurent Nuñez, prefect of police of the city of Paris, Laure Beccuau, prosecutor of the city of Paris, Pascal Prache, public prosecutor of Nanterre, Eric Mathais, public prosecutor of Bobigny, and Stéphane Hardouin, public prosecutor of Créteil, will “allow victims of domestic violence to file a complaint directly within the AP-HP emergency reception services”it is indicated in this press release.
Already on an experimental basis in three hospitals
This possibility had already been opened on an experimental basis to the emergency reception services of the Saint-Antoine (Paris 12), Tenon (Paris 20) and Henri-Mondor AP-HP (Créteil) hospitals, making it possible to encourage the filing of complaints. “more than thirty victims”specifies the press release.
As of Wednesday, victims will now be able to file a complaint directly in all AP-HP emergency services: Hôtel-Dieu (Paris 4), Lariboisière (Paris 10), Saint-Louis (Paris 11), Saint- Antoine (Paris 12), Pitié-Salpêtrière (Paris 13), Cochin – Port-Royal (Paris 14), European Georges-Pompidou (Paris 15), Bichat-Claude Bernard (Paris 18), Tenon (Paris 20), Ambroise- Paré (Boulogne-Billancourt), Antoine-Béclère (Clamart), Beaujon (Clichy), Louis Mourier (Colombes), Avicenne (Bobigny), Jean-Verdier (Bondy), Bicêtre (Kremlin-Bicêtre), Henri-Mondor (Créteil) , Necker-Enfants Malades (Paris 15), Armand-Trousseau (Paris 12), and Robert-Debré (Paris 19).
The hearing takes place directly in the emergency room
“Concretely, the emergency doctor who takes care of a patient who has come to consult for a trauma asks him or her if he or she wishes to file a complaint if his or her consultation is linked to violence suffered in a marital context.explains the press release. If the patient wishes to file a complaint, the doctor contacts the police via a dedicated telephone line and agrees with the person he or she is talking about on the terms of filing a complaint. The hearing takes place within the emergency reception service, in a room made available by the hospital and guaranteeing the confidentiality of discussions.
“If the victim does not wish to file a complaint, she is referred to one of the AP-HP women’s centers which offers multidisciplinary support for victims of domestic violence.continues the press release. The AP-HP, the Paris police headquarters, the public prosecutor’s offices of Paris, Nanterre, Bobigny and Créteil continue their commitment to improving the process and care of women victims of violence.”.