He must have had the fear of his life. A doctor from SOS Médecins was attacked while he was carrying out a home consultation, Saturday August 27, quai du Forst in Mulhouse. Around 11:30 am, the specialist is called for a woman suffering from ankle pain. The doctor arrives around 1:30 p.m. at the home but takes time to find the right floor, the intercom no longer working. A tense discussion ensued with the injured woman’s companion, who accuses him of having taken too long to arrive.
A dummy shotgun
The doctor decides not to leave and goes to the patient to examine her. But the man in his thirties death threat and told him “get out or I’ll kill you”, according to reports. He then turns on his heels and heads into another room. He comes out a few minutes later with a shotgun, that he points to the doctor. The specialist then decides to leave the premises.
But once returned to take the direction of the door, the thirty-year-old shoots him twice. Fortunately, the shotgun is a dummy weapon and it is only loaded with balls, which the doctor does not know. He is slightly injured on the back of his thigh, with two large bruises. He finally manages to call the police.
No more home visits until Monday morning
The tenant of the apartment is arrested by the police and taken into custody for “violence with a weapon” on a doctor. The man is already known to the police. For his part, the doctor is taken care of in a state of shock. In the process, SOS Médecins announces exercise your right of withdrawaland suspend his home consultations until Monday morning, 8 a.m.
“It never happened to us”, confides Frédéric Tryniszewski, president of SOS Médecins Mulhouse. “Even during the darkest period, at the height of the health crisis, we always continued home visits in Mulhouse. But this time, the event is too serious not to react.” On-site consultations are always possiblebut only by appointment.