It is a tragic case. At the beginning of 2018, it came in the birth house in Zurich Oberland in Bäretswil to complications in childbirth. The mother was transferred to the hospital of Wetzikon, where the newborn died after a caesarean section.
An external report had given the Zurich chief Prosecutor’s office in order, found that have made the staff of the birth house, your behavior may be punishable by law.
Therefore wanted to identify the law enforcement Agency. You may but only if the high court gives permission (read more here on the case of the birth house). The reason is that the staff at the birth house are considered to be officials – you have a performance mandate of the Canton. This authorization is now, as the NZZ reports. The Supreme public Prosecutor’s office determines because of the suspicion of negligent homicide. It is a sentence of imprisonment of up to three years or a fine of up to 180 daily rates threatens to be so.
“Not an emergency”
The birth house is defending itself against the allegations: The midwives had the mom not to be late to Wetzikon embarrassed. The decision was made after a five-hour birth of a standstill, with up to eight hours to be acceptable, as a spokeswoman for the NZZ said. It was not an emergency. The hospital doctors had opted only after 50 minutes for a caesarean section. In addition, the heart sounds of the child were to transfer to a hospital inconspicuously.
It is not the first Time that a doubt, the biggest birthplace of Switzerland are in the room. The Canton has set the Bäretswiler Institution in the 2018 310 children of the world come in August to a kind of Watchlist. The performance mandate, the guaranteed cantonal funds, there is no longer unlimited. He has been limited – according to a report from the hospital Wetzikon and a Review of 20 cases in hospitals laid – mothers and children-by the end of 2020.
birthplace under pressure
The birth house had violated his order “for a long time been aware of”, it means in the decision of the governing Council. There is clear evidence to suggest a significant organizational and structural deficiencies, due to which the quality of treatment is currently being called into question were””. Implicitly accuses the government of the house risky behavior.
The birth house must prove itself and prove that it improves its communication and cooperation with the hospitals until the end of 2020 “sustainable”. Otherwise, the withdrawal of the performance mandate threatens by the beginning of 2021. Then the birth house could also settle for basic insurance.
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Created: 21.11.2019, 14:52 PM
