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on Sunday July 24 2016, @01:33AM
from the the-hospital-didn't-see-that-coming dept.
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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Four Patients Partially Blinded at Utrecht Hospital
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by purple_cobra on Sunday July 24 2016, @09:28AM
Yup. Our place had a few patients come down with infections following a cystoscopy (camera into the bladder) a few years ago and blitzed the entire consultation area back to bedrock before refurbishing it. The very highly paid nurse practitioner who was directly involved in the procedure for each case was, of course, allowed to continue as if nothing had happened and still works there to this day.