A new unit for child victims of violence at the Rouen University Hospital
By Adrian Filoche
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Ensure a best price in charge of child victims of violencethis is the objective of the new pediatric reception unit for children in danger (UAPED) of the University Hospital of Rouen. This unit, dedicated to hearing children and adolescents who are victims of violence, will be put into service from January 2023.
“It is the authorities who requisition the room, specifies the professor Gilles Tournel. The child is interviewed on the premises in the presence of a gendarme or a qualified police officer. The first advantage, according to him, is that at the end of the hearing, the child can be directly taken care of by a medical examiner, “without having to change premises. Here, we are right next to the pediatric services of the CHU ”.
A simpler route for the child
The interest of this new unit is also to simplify the care of the child. “These are often very difficult situations and told to several people, in different places, it can be psychologically complicated”, details Berengere Dautremehead of clinic at the Rouen University Hospital and also head of the CASA (Specialized Reception Center for Aggressions), service where the UAPED is located.
The UAPED pools and thus allows a one-time, one-time, one-place exam. “To put the child at ease, without influencing or disturbing him, the listening room is relatively neutral, all white”, specifies Berengère Dautrême.
Two psychologists within the unit
During the hearing by the investigator, one of the two psychologists from the unit takes her place behind one-way glass in order to deliver her observation report. A judicial police officer is also present.
“One of the other advantages is that support is provided from A to Z by the same psychologist”, insists the head of CASA.
As Professor Gilles Tournel reminds us, the objective is not to replace the hearing rooms that already exist in the police stations, “we come in addition, to complete the system, with the added value of being able to take the examination directly on site. »
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