Tragedy: “Died” an infant of 4 months – Negligence of doctors reported by parents

Αβάπτιστο little girl 4 months within 18 hours died from pulmonary edema at the hospital of Corfu, by the negligence of the doctors, while the judges επιδίκασαν the…
relatives of just the amount of eur 350,000, together with statutory interest for the mental anguish suffered.
The ill-fated girl was a twin with a boy, but the unfortunate mother lost during childbirth.
The course of the tragic ξέλιξης the 4χρόνης started in the third ten days of September 1998, when the parents of the 4χρόνης transferred to the hospital of Corfu (12m.), as had presented loss of consciousness, cyanosis (the skin had the tint of blue), and threw up.
The infant was examined by two curators pediatricians, of which one was of the paediatric department of the hospital and the second was subject to the power of the Health Center, but due to operational needs of the hospital had been subject to such pediatric department.
The infant during the examination was “pallor, cyanosis, hypotonia, severe respiratory distress and possible aspiration pneumonia”. Were blood and urine tests, and chest x-ray and according to the radiologist there were no pathological findings.
After the exam was revived with oxygen administration and was associated with a monitor for monitoring.
Nevertheless, still the difficulty in breathing 60 breaths per minute. Blood tests showed increased blood sugar of 134 mg/dl (normal 75 to 115) and potassium 5 mEg/L (normal values 2.5 to 5), while it was found that the left lung υποαερίζετο.
In the afternoon of the same day, the infant presented with cyanosis around the mouth and transferred to an oxygen tent, as well as the oxygen mask was bothering him.
Two hours after midnight, as identified by the resident doctor of the hospital, as the two εφημερεύουσες pediatricians had left, the infant presented a marked tachypnea, υποδιαφραγματικές εισολκές and the whole situation deteriorated.
The specialized doctor called by one of the εφημερευουσών of pediatrics and then went to the infant intravenous κορτιζονοειδές and made inhalations with Aerolin.
Parents were asked, anxiously the resident doctor for the situation of the small and the answers were permanently that the health of the “it was fixed”.
In the early hours of the infant presented with apnea, cyanosis around the mouth and asystole (insufficient contraction of the heart). Immediately started resuscitation by an anesthesiologist. But, unfortunately, the infant is not resolved and 6.30 p.m. expired.
The report of the autopsy indicate that the death was not instantaneous and was caused by pulmonary edema non-διαγνώσιμης etiology, while it was found that during the opening of the thorax the lungs were oedematous, the lobe of the left lung there were slight adhesions and the stomach was found γαστροπληγικό.
The parents claimed that by the side of the two pediatricians in the hospital were omissions and that the crucial night, I remained in the hospital throughout the duration of their shift, but departed, and left the monitoring of the infant in his infinite resident doctor, without to give orders and to inform.
A result of all these was the resident doctor did not diagnose in a timely manner the serious situation of the infant, to provide the proper medical care, while failing to request the assistance of the experienced doctors εφημέρευαν, and the two pediatricians.
From the criminal courts, the two pediatricians were found to be innocent of the crime of homicide through negligence. The first one is because it was in “on call preparedness”, which means that she could remain at home and to go to the hospital if needed. But, never was invited to go to the hospital.
The second pediatrician was acquitted of the same category, as the hospital was on secondment and was not subject to the organic power, with the result that there was a program on-call. Therefore could not be held or abandonment of position, but even that left a helpless infant. The resident doctor was acquitted, and this.
Unlike the Administrative Courts, which appealed to the relatives claiming compensation for mental anguish from the loss of a baby, ordered an expert study carried out by two experts of the pediatricians.
After the πραγαματογνωμοσύνη the judges considered that the doctors have not taken the necessary and prescribed or imposed measures in order to diagnosed in time, the disease from which she was suffering the infant and to prevent his death.
Still, it was considered that none of the two εφημερεύουσες pediatricians “did not address the serious condition of the infant, so as to make the right radiological and cardiology check, I have been tracking the disease”.
The judges concluded that typeset responsibilities of the doctors for the death of the infant and επιδίκασαν the two parents, the siblings, the grandfather and the grandmother in the amount of eur 350,000.
The hospital appealed to the Council of State, which, however, upheld the εφετειακή decision and found in favour of the relatives.
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