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posted by janrinok on Sunday July 24 2016, @01:33AM   Printer-friendly
from the the-hospital-didn't-see-that-coming dept.

Dutch News reports that six patients developed eye infections last year, after surgeries at a Utrecht teaching hospital. Four of them have each lost the sight in one eye, are suing, and have been offered a settlement, without accepting responsibility. A statement from the hospital said:

'A number of factors could have increased the risk of infection for these patients.'

[...] Jasper Keizer, who represents one of the patients, said the hospital is being much too vague. 'They should be giving more clarity about the factors which may have led to the infection,' he said. 'And if they don't, we will ask the courts to force the hospital to prove it is not responsible.'


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  • (Score: 1) by trooper9 on Sunday July 24 2016, @02:14AM

    by trooper9 (5380) on Sunday July 24 2016, @02:14AM (#379261)

    What exactly does this have to do with tech? It's lawsuits and medicine.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 24 2016, @02:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 24 2016, @02:30AM (#379266)

    A lot of tech is visually oriented. Hospital negligence could make your life in tech more difficult.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by quintessence on Sunday July 24 2016, @04:26AM

    by quintessence (6227) on Sunday July 24 2016, @04:26AM (#379291)

    What exactly does this have to do with tech?

    Biotech is still tech.

    One of the difficulties with nosocomial infections is a smoking gun is rarely present, so reasonable doubt usually follows whoever has the deepest pockets.

    Both sides are correct inasmuch as the hospital can prove they followed standard guidelines for each procedure (latent infection, patients did not adhere to discharge instructions, etc.), or the lawyers can establish a pattern (same surgical team performed all of the surgeries, higher rate of infection compared to other hospitals, etc.) for the infections.

    It being a teaching hospital, it seems probable that it was a lapse in technique, but that's still presumption.

  • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Sunday July 24 2016, @09:37AM

    by davester666 (155) on Sunday July 24 2016, @09:37AM (#379344)

    The article failed to mention that the eye that failed had been enhanced borg-style.