A man who felt a lot of pain at the Šiauliai Hospital was asked: the behavior of a doctor is immoral

Recently, there has been much public dissatisfaction with the lack of timely treatment services. There has also been a lot of controversy about what help is urgent and what is not. T. Paliulionis from Šiauliai, who underwent skin graft surgery in Switzerland just a month ago, found himself in a similar situation. According to him, on July 8. At night he felt a lot of pain and decided to go to the reception department of the Šiauliai Hospital.

“I went there, sat down and waited for the doctor. They did a blood test to see if I had any inflammation. The doctor who appeared showed me where it hurt, I answered that arm and leg. After that, they asked me why I was pretending to be here, I made sure I wasn’t really doing that, “recalled T. Paliulionis.

After these questions, he continued, he said that the services are paid, and he fired them so as not to cause problems because he is insured.

“In a word, I said it and they offered me to disappear from the hospital. He was still listening, as necessary, doctor, to understand that he needed to disappear from the hospital. I could barely walk that night, but I said I could go, I just asked him to write me a letter saying that I was being expelled, “said the man.

He also called the police and an ambulance when he returned home due to the conflict and incomplete services.

“Before I left, that doctor wrote me a certificate stating that he had arrived and that he was aggressive and I called the police. Officials who arrived spoke to hospital security personnel, who confirmed that he was not aggressive and went home. When I returned, I already called the ambulance because I no longer had anything to do. An ambulance arrived, offered to be transported to the Šiauliai Hospital again, but I interrupted that I definitely would not go there because of that “monster”, they gave me medicine and everything, “T. Paliulionis described the end of the story.

However, he was very outraged by the doctor’s behavior, so he turned not only to the media, but also to the accreditation service, the Ministry of Health, and was preparing to go to court.

“The Vice Minister also called me about this incident, I will not leave everything that way, I will go to court. I think this doctor’s behavior is immoral.”

A commission was formed for the objective evaluation of the case.

The Public Relations Department of the Šiauliai Hospital indicated that the patient arrived at the Emergency Department of the Šiauliai Republican Hospital in 2020. July 8, approximately half of the first night. The general practice nurse on call performed an initial assessment of the condition prior to the medical examination, vital parameters were assessed, and blood tests were taken.

“During the conversation with the patient, the patient complained of pain. When asked to specify the site of pain, the patient indicated the right arm and / or leg at one time and stated that he was unable to specify the site of pain at another time. The patient said the pain bothered him for about a week. When the patient was asked about the reason for the referral, how the condition had changed over the past week, the patient began to speak aggressively. They began to say that they would not refuse to provide assistance, “explains the doctor’s explanation provided by the” Delfi “hospital.

The doctor also confirmed that the patient had repeatedly called police officers for their help regarding the alleged refusal to provide assistance in the Emergency Department.

“To further discuss the reason for the request and the need for help, the patient declined to speak. I was unable to perform a full exam because a full exam is not possible without the patient’s cooperation.

Based on vital signs established during initial patient evaluation, patient interview, and partial patient examination (patient showed healing patches of skin on leg and arm), blood test (tests within normal range) without objectification the exact location, nature or intensity of pain, emergency indications have not been identified. “

However, according to the hospital situation comment, the patient was repeatedly sought to cooperate and provide assistance, but the patient declined.

“By evaluating only partial information about the situation, the patient receives only general recommendations for additional tactics of the patient’s clinical situation. In response to the patient’s complaints and the doctor’s explanation, a commission was created to objectively evaluate the case. “