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As one of the sons of a resident of Šeduva (the editorial board knows the first and last names) wrote in Delfi, š. meter. January 2 his honorable father had a health problem: a sudden drop in blood pressure, tremors and a possible heart rate.
“In response to the deterioration in the father’s health, an ambulance was called immediately, which took the patient to Radviliškis Hospital, Admission-Emergency Department. Before continuing with treatment, the patient was admitted to a self-isolation room due to a COVID-19 pandemic pending a response to the COVID-19 test. “
According to the son, š. meter. January 3, 7:01 pm in the morning, he was called and reported that around 1 pm the father died the night and that help was given, the patient was resuscitated, but the fight for life was lost.
“At the same time, it was explained that a death certificate would be prepared, which could be collected at the Reception-Emergency Department of Radviliškis Hospital. After receiving this sad news about the loss, other relatives were informed: his wife, a son who lives in Belgium, who immediately left for Lithuania by car, and other relatives, ”he said.
He also noted that around 10:00. In the morning, when arriving at the Radviliškis Hospital Reception-Emergency Service to collect a death certificate, it became clear that the doctor, having reported the death of his father, had made a mistake and his son was escorted to the ward. self-isolation to confirm this fact. True, subject to all personal hygiene and safety requirements to make sure your father is alive.
“By sharing this painful event for our family, we want to draw the public’s attention to the fact that no one might have to bring back the body of another person with the name of their loved one, because a positive test for COVID-19 usually does not open the coffin.
Our family is well aware that there is currently a shortage of doctors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that doctors are overworked due to heavy workload, but even in such cases we must be especially responsible for our actions and we must be monitored responsibly several times before providing information to family members. “
In the child’s opinion, for doctors, it may be a statistical unit, but for someone it is a man, a father or a brother, and the news of the loss of a loved one is an indescribable pain and a deep and shocking emotional shock for everybody.
“There is no greater pain than the death of a loved one, I hope no one has to go through what our family has experienced.”
Regretted human error
According to Jurgita Kerpienė, administrator of Radviliškis Hospital, in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Patients’ Rights and Compensation for Damage to Health and the laws regulating the processing of personal data, the hospital cannot answer questions and comment on facts or events related to the patient.
“The privacy of the patient is inviolable. All information about the presence or absence of the patient in the medical care center, the state of health, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment, as well as all other personal information about the patient, it is considered confidential.
Confidential information may be disclosed to others only with the written consent of the patient. The desire of the patient’s relatives to disclose confidential information about the patient does not entitle the hospital to provide such information to the media. “
However, he noted that human errors and unintentional accidents occur in all medical institutions, including Radviliškis Hospital.
“All of them are registered as adverse events, the circumstances of their occurrence are investigated, the employees are explained that they have committed them, and the objective is to learn from these errors and prevent them from happening again.
We regret that the increased workload and the complex epidemiological situation are leading to unwanted events due to human error. Even though this is extremely rare, we always sincerely apologize to the patient and their family members for the misunderstanding and negative emotions. “
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