Tragedy unfolded in Francewith a worker in gym To lose her life and a client to be hospitalized in critical condition after a nitrogen leak in a cryotherapy cabin.
The nitrogen leak incident occurred last Monday (14.04.25) at a gym in the capital of France, Paris.
Cryotherapy is a therapeutic method in which A person is placed for 2-3 minutes in rooms or special chambers in which the temperature can to go down and from -110 ° C. The patient sinks into tanks with icy water or in chambers that They cool the air with the use of nitrogen.
The method was initially addressed to high -level athletes, to prevent or treat muscle aches after exercise. It is now used for various neurological or inflammatory diseases and, sometimes, Without any specific condition.
According to a police source, the accident occurred late Monday afternoon, with 29 -year -old worker to lose her life and the 34 -year -old client fighting to keep her alive.
Another source close to the investigation said that, according to the first indications, Women were poisoned by nitrogen leakage in Cryotherapy cabin.
The investigation has been jointly undertaken by police and labor inspection. At the same time, necropsy-necrotomy was ordered and toxicological tests will be carried out to accurately determine the cause of the death of the employee.
Nitrogen is an odorless gas that reduces oxygen to the air and can cause poisoning. The cryotherapy cabin had been repaired on Monday morning.
The gym, where there were 150 people at that time, was evacuated.