An investigating judge in Nimes, France, must now shed light on how a 2-year-old child in the nursery came to have alcohol in her blood.
According to media reports, at 12:13 pm on March 22, four hours after dropping off the child, the parents received a call from the daycare that the child was sick. The infant, aged 2 years and 3 months, was admitted to the pediatric emergency department. Twelve hours later, the diagnosis is made: the child is drunk. He has 0.3 g of alcohol in his blood.
Homebrew syndrome and discarded drugs
According to the first report, it can be ruled out that the child was poisoned by a drug. He also ruled out brewer’s syndrome, a rare disease that causes alcohol poisoning by converting carbohydrates into liver-damaging alcohols such as butanol, methanol and ethanol. Alcohol consumption alone could have made the baby sick, according to the study. Without determining where, how and when it could have happened.
unsuccessful investigations
Investigations by the Public Ministry of Nîmes did not provide answers. An investigating judge must now ensure that light is brought to this intriguing case. “Parents look for the truth and that’s normal”, says the couple’s lawyer, Hugo Ferri, quoted by the media. “They want to protect their son and put an end to rumors. There has undoubtedly been negligence and a manifest lack of security. In the absence of individual liability, there may be corporate liability.”
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