A 46-year-old Fleming died after he three times unsuccessfully had called the emergency number 112. He was put on hold three times. The Belgian prosecutor's office has opened an investigation.
,, Why not help? "The Pascal Wauters family came from Flanders Melsele can not understand that he was on June 6 from reaching the emergency unit. The single forties was that Monday became ill at work and returned once back home . in the evening, when it started downhill with his health.
The husband called 112, but no one was on the line. The guard show lasted four minutes and Pascal hooked in. Then he called again: wait three more minutes. A third time he hung up after 44 seconds
Eventually, a few days later his dead sister found him in his home. They saw in his last three phone calls. The family was told that the service 112 that night was overwhelmed with calls for self-defense. ,, We are shocked. Pascal died because other people called massively for something as banal as a flooded basement. "
The family members are hoping that there will be an investigation ,, so that the death of Pascal has not been for nothing. "The office of Interior Minister Jan Jambon (N-VA) says that the incident will certainly be investigated. ,, Do not happen. We take this incident very seriously. "
By Editorial AD Photo: Kristof Pieters
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