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The kepler University Hospital (KUK) Linz he fired the senior doctor on Monday, who during a delicate surgery the hospital he was gone and had given the operating room to an assistant doctor. Internal investigations have “intensified suspicions of breach of duty,” making the move “inevitable,” said the KUK medical director, Ferdinand Waldenberger.
Leave the operation during the critical phase
Last Tuesday, a 77-year-old patient was brought to the KUK by an ambulance helicopter due to an aortic rupture and underwent surgery. The chief physician who conducted the procedure is said to be in a still critical phase of the surgery delivered to an attending physician and that hospital They have left. The patient died after difficulties with the operation. The doctor only returned after three quarters of an hour and realized that the patient could no longer be saved. Waldenberger confirmed the incident over the weekend.
On Sunday, the United Kingdom submitted a factual report to the Attorney general brought. There are suspicions of negligence in the room. murder with a sentence of up to one year in prison or even gross negligence murder (up to three years). “To guarantee full transparency, we work intensively with the investigating authorities and we already have all the necessary documents for a legal evaluation by Attorney general delivered, “he emphasized Waldenberger in Monday’s press release. Furthermore, assignment to the external expert remains the best possible clarification of the circumstances.
