Eva Hassan

On Tuesday of this year, an investigation was carried out at the University Hospital of Grenoble to observe the state of the children’s organs. According to the report of the investigation, in the following conditions the patients had entered the ICU: all children had undergone a large number of intravenous injections. None of the intravenous drugs had been injected in a reasonable timeframe; in fact the patients did not receive any therapy following their surgery. Many had been admitted to the ICU for more than one week.

The clinical examination carried out in the hospital indicated that patients were not receiving any therapy on schedule and that some children’s kidneys had already deteriorated and had stopped working. This indicates that there were no clinical indications for urgent surgery which might have prevented their death.

With this situation, the French Government in a last-ditch effort to save these children’s lives, decided on 18 April to suspend procedures on transplantation of kidneys following the release of the investigation report due to fears of the irreversible consequences of the procedure in all their cases.

The decision not to renew medical procedures followed a consultation with the National Institute of Health (INSIVUMEH). An official statement published by the National Institute for Health said to remind the public that if there is a risk the lives of these children is compromised then the decision should be made by the patient’s doctor.

The statement did not provide any explanation on how such risk could be determined.

The health ministry has also been informed that the children’s doctors had been asked to stop practices on the transplantation of kidneys in the following three months.

This has led to accusations of ‘neglect’ on the part of medical procedures, which have to be suspended after the investigation has concluded. Doctors on the ground blame a system of ‘negligence’ whereby there is an unwritten rule based on the political position of the government that the country’s health care is ‘too good’ for the children, that they should not die of infection.

The decision by the government to make the case a political issue has not been accepted by medical doctors.

“These children are like anyone else.

One of them has just had a major operation and is doing good.

Another young person with no previous problems is undergoing dialysis.

Two of them have had very short stays at the hospital.

One of them has no blood in their urine, which suggests that