Collapse of buildings in Lille: doctor, Calais resident … what we know about the victim, Alexandre Klein

The collapse of the buildings on rue Pierre Mauroy caused one death. This is Alexandre Klein, a 45-year-old man. He had been reported missing while his car was in the garage and he had not pointed to his service on the day of the tragedy.

Psychiatrist at Calais Hospital

France 3 reveals that the 45-year-old man was a psychiatrist and head of the mental health and addictology center at Calais hospital. It is also the Techer hospital center in Calais which formalized his death in a press release this Sunday, November 13, in the morning. “A tribute will be organized” in his memory “next week”, according to the media North Coast.

The mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchard, wanted to pay tribute to him publicly on Facebook. The one who is also the president of the board of directors of the hospital wanted to salute her “commitment to her patients”. She does not hide her sadness by indicating that he was “appreciated by all”.

He was sleeping with friends for the night

According to the first elements of the investigation, Dr Alexandre Klein had left Calais to go to Reims and had been lent an apartment by friends to spend the night in Lille, said the public prosecutor of Lille, Carole Etienne, to AFP.

According to information from The voice of the North“the doctor had not been evacuated during the night from Friday to Saturday, because he was staying at 42. Unfortunately, it was the building located at 44 that had been the subject of an evacuation procedure .”

A shower of tributes on social networks

According to the local media, Dr. Alexandre Klein was from Boulonnais (Hauts-de-France) and had practiced as a general practitioner before doing his specialty as a psychiatrist. Local elected officials, former patients learned the news in the press and wanted to pay tribute to him.