Overview

• The parents of Estéban Vermeersch plan to lodge a criminal complaint against the Centre Hospitalier du Mans, with an administrative claim to the CCI pursued in parallel.
• Call transcripts cited by the family’s lawyer indicate the first SAMU physician labeled severe chest pain and breathing difficulty as muscular and suggested analgesics, including tramadol.
• A second call the next day reportedly brought the same assessment, with a suggestion to go to the emergency department, before a third call followed a cardiac arrest at home.
• Vermeersch died on 30 January after resuscitation attempts and hospitalization in Le Mans; one outlet reports a pneumothorax that led to cardiac arrest.
• The family says mediation yielded no explanation and incomplete medical records, while the hospital has declined detailed comment pending judicial proceedings.