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NEWSDESK · 08/07/2026

Former local politician spends six days on a stretcher in Orleans emergency department

Orleans - 08/07/2026: A former local politician reportedly spent almost a week on a stretcher in the emergency department of Orleans University Hospital following bleeding. As Franceinfo reported on Friday, the woman waited there for six days and slept five nights on the stretcher. She ultimately signed a declaration accepting discharge at her own responsibility and left the hospital.What is particularly notable is the length of her stay in the emergency department. According to the report, the patient had been admitted because of bleeding. Her age, her former local political ...

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