Under Vladimir for the death of three patients have condemned ambulance doctor
YAROSLAVL, Aug 4 — RIA Novosti. The court of Vladimir region has banned local emergency physician to work as a medic because of the death of her three year old patient the court decided that the doctor committed a number of errors, in particular, despite the urgency of the call, she was ordered to stop at a gas station, according to SU RF IC in the region.
The Department clarifies that a doctor convicted of causing death by negligence due to improper performance of official face of their professional duties. She no longer works at the ambulance station.
“The verdict of the Murom city court, she was sentenced to a 1.5 years of imprisonment and prohibition to engage in medical activities for a period of 1 year”, — stated in the message.
The investigation and the court established that on 7 December 2015 at 07.55 on Muromsky the ambulance station received a call from paramedic rural ambulance stations on a difficult case with a small child — three year old girl was choking. The emergency call was transferred to the pediatrician. The result emphasizes that before leaving to the patient the doctor had to check the staffing of crews with the necessary medical equipment, and further ensure the standard of the arrival of the brigade at the place of call. The doctor broke a number of requirements. Instead of having to go urgently to the challenge, she was ordered to stop at a gas station, the result of the ambulance was delayed for 39 minutes.
Upon arrival the doctor had underestimated the girl’s condition and instead of taking emergency measures on the spot decided to take the girl to the hospital, and she died in transit from respiratory failure complicated by infectious lesions of the upper respiratory tract.