“The patient died when amputationen took”
“An elderly patient was getting worse and worse the circulation of the blood and the doctors decided that a bone would be amputated. But the notice was delayed and the patient died after being forced to seek care in acute when the symptoms became worse.”
“Now ortopedmottagningen at Helsingborg general hospital made a lex Maria-notification to the Inspection for health care (Ivo), type SVT News Sweden.”
“According to the notification, it cannot be excluded that the long waiting period for the abscission caused the death. Ultimately, it is about shortages.”
“– the Mere suspicion that it may have led to this is extremely serious, ” says Carl-Fredrik Carlson, operations manager at orthopaedic surgeons of Helsingborg and Ängelholm, sweden, to SVT.”
“After the death, the group to which the patient belonged to the priority up and followed up more carefully.”