The emergency services were unable to do anything. A 48-year-old homeless man was discovered dead in a state of hypothermia on Thursday in Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (Loire), we learned from the Loire firefighters. Around 7:45 a.m., emergency services called to the scene discovered the man’s body near a sports equipment store in this town located north of Saint-Étienne.
The deceased was wearing a bracelet indicating that he had previously been taken care of by the Saint-Étienne University Hospital, near the place where his body was found, said a municipal source. On site, the Samu team could only note the death of the forty-year-old who had stayed outside during a relatively mild night for the season with a temperature remaining slightly positive, according to the firefighters.
The Samu doctor posed a medico-legal obstacle, refusing to issue the burial permit for this forty-year-old, so that more in-depth medical examinations or an autopsy could shed light on the precise circumstances which led to the death of the homeless man. .
At least 600 people living on the streets died in 2022
The Samu doctor posed a medico-legal obstacle, refusing to issue the burial permit for this forty-year-old, so that more in-depth medical examinations or an autopsy could shed light on the precise circumstances which led to the death of the homeless man. .
At least 624 people living on the streets or in temporary accommodation died in 2022, a stable figure compared to the previous year (620). 87% of these people were men, more of whom lived on the streets and for longer periods. Women died at an average age of 46, men at 51, a gap in life expectancy of almost 40 years with the general population.
Around 6,000 people across France have to sleep in the streets every day, due to a lack of emergency accommodation, a group of associations warned this summer. A “level never equaled until now”, according to them.
2024-01-04 20:11:25
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