L'Oeuvre soldier

If we cannot treat the sick in military hospitals, let us abolish military hospitals

We received the following letter:
I had a son who was doing his military service in the 1st cycling group of Trou d'Enfer.
He obtained a 24-hour leave on December 28, 1924, which he passed on to me.
On Monday morning, December 29, on his return to the barracks, finding himself slightly unwell, he reported himself sick and entered the infirmary of his regiment. On Tuesday 30, he was rushed to the military hospital, where he entered as having a fever.
From Tuesday morning to Wednesday morning, the time of the visit, he remained without any care.
So there was no doctor on duty. in this hospital to visit the sick upon their arrival?
On the other hand, it was only on Friday morning, January 2, that the post office brought me a simple letter from a nurse, in which she informed me without further ado that my son had been admitted to the Dominique-Larrey hospital as having a fever. It was only added that visits were on Thursdays and Sundays.
Moreover, this single piece of evidence was taken from me by the person who had written it to me.
Just in case, his sisters went to see how he was doing upon receiving this letter. They found him in a worrying state. That evening, at 11 o'clock, he breathed his last.
A mother who mourns her son.
Is it true that a man can enter the hospital and stay there for twenty-four hours without being examined?
Is it true that his condition can become alarming without the family being notified other than by an admission notice, which was unofficial, moreover?
Or was this mother misinformed and her child neglected in this way?
I have already mentioned here the sad reputation that the military hospital of Versailles once had. I hoped that improvements had been made there. I still hope so and am willing to believe that the poor woman was led astray by her pain.
But this must be ascertained. And we believe that an investigation will be ordered following which, the negligence committed, if any, will be repressed and above all made impossible in the future. We hold the name of the poor little soldier at the disposal of the Minister of War.
G. V.