Overview

• Hospital staff had flagged the boy’s disruptive behavior but he still wandered unsupervised into the neonatal unit on July 11
• Zayneb-Cassandra, born at seven and a half months, suffered a traumatic brain injury in the fall and was declared dead four days later
• Lille’s Judicial Police juvenile unit launched a criminal investigation and the hospital opened an internal administrative inquiry
• Jeanne-de-Flandre has imposed strict visitation limits and is reviewing ward supervision protocols to close oversight gaps
• Medical teams and affected families remain deeply shaken as they await the outcomes of both investigations