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Nurse accused of giving insulin to her baby goes on trial in Val-d’Oise
A 46-year-old nurse is on trial in Val-d’Oise, France, accused of injecting insulin into her baby son in 2019.
The boy was one month old when he suffered severe blood sugar problems and convulsions that put his life at risk.
Doctors at Paris’s Necker hospital suspected insulin injections, and an investigation later concluded that insulin had been given to him.
The mother, who is free during the trial, denies the accusation and has blamed the child’s father, who was cleared in the investigation.
One psychiatric assessment said she had Munchausen syndrome, a condition in which someone may cause or pretend illness in another person to gain attention or sympathy.
Her son is now seven and lives with his great-uncle and great-aunt.
The Val-d’Oise court is due to give its verdict on October 16.
A 46-year-old nurse is on trial in the Val-d’Oise, accused of injecting insulin into her infant son and putting his life in danger.
The trial opened on Monday at the Val-d’Oise assize court.
The alleged injections took place between April and May 2019, when the baby was about one month old.
The hospital suspected excess insulin after the baby was admitted twice with convulsions, and the investigation concluded that he had been given insulin.
The nurse denies the accusation; one psychiatric assessment cited in court found that she had Münchhausen syndrome.
The boy is now 7 and lives with his great-uncle and great-aunt, and a verdict is due on 16 October.
- Who
- A 46-year-old nurse named Géraldine is accused of giving insulin to her infant son.
- What
- She is on trial for allegedly injecting him with insulin and endangering his life.
- When
- The alleged injections took place between April and May 2019. The trial opened on Monday, 12 October 2026.
- Where
- At the Val-d’Oise assize court in Pontoise, France.
- Why
- Investigators concluded that the baby had been given insulin. The mother is suspected of Münchhausen syndrome, which one psychiatric assessment said she had.
Investigators
Géraldine
Alleged insulin injections
Investigators
The investigation concluded that the baby had been given insulin.
Géraldine
Géraldine has maintained her innocence.
Responsibility
Investigators
The investigation found that insulin had been administered to the baby.
Géraldine
The article says Géraldine has implicated the baby’s father; another report says the father was cleared.
The nurse allegedly gave her one-month-old son several doses of insulin.
Necker Hospital staff examined the baby after convulsions and suspected excess insulin.
Both parents were placed under formal investigation; the father was later cleared.
The trial opened at the Val-d’Oise assize court.
The court is due to deliver its verdict.
- Accused
- Géraldine, a 46-year-old nurse
- Alleged period
- April–May 2019
- Baby’s age at the time
- About one month
- Hospital
- Necker Hospital
- Trial location
- Pontoise, Val-d’Oise
- Verdict due
- 16 October 2026
Sources
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