the nurse attacked with a stab at the CHU is dead, announces the Minister of Health

“Immense sadness.” The nurse who had been attacked with a stab in the hospital of Reims (Marne) is dead, announced the Minister of Health François Braun Tuesday, May 23 on Twitter. “I have just learned with immense sadness of the death of Carène, a 38-year-old nurse who was violently attacked yesterday.writes the minister. My thoughts are with his loved ones, his colleagues, as well as all the hospital teams bereaved this morning.”

A second 56-year-old woman, a medical secretary, was also injured. After a visit to the hospital on Monday evening, Minister François Braun affirmed that she was “in an extremely critical condition”. “An investigation for attempted assassination” was opened and entrusted to the central police station of Reims explained Matthieu Bourrette, prosecutor of Reims, in a press release published Monday.

A suspect suffering from “severe disorders”

A 59-year-old suspect was arrested during the day. The man “seems to suffer from severe disorders and has been the subject of a reinforced curatorship measure for several years”, details the parquet. He seems to have acted “without apparent motive, especially since he had no appointment in this service and was not followed within this service”. A knife was found in a pocket of his pants.

“I will convene a committee before the end of the week with all the stakeholders, the unions, the professionals” For “see what we can do to guarantee even more safety for caregivers”had promised François Braun Monday evening after a visit to the University Hospital of Reims.