NIS is in possession of the emergency examination of the AMC.
In an operation in the throat of a three month old baby would be wrong sutures are used. The baby needed surgery because he had trouble breathing. When the sutures unleashed the wound needed stitches again.
But the baby’s situation worsened. There was a tear in his strottenklepje and needed surgery acute again. As a result of the complications of the baby had to months, to be fed by tube. He can now eat pureed foods.
Misdiagnosis
According to the survey, where the NIS quotes, was initially also misdiagnosed and had the baby need not be operated on.
The Health Inspectorate (Inspectorate) confirms that the case is under investigation. The AMC states in a reaction to the NIS that it was a complication, not a calamity. Complications do not have to be reported to Health Care Inspectorate.
It is the second incident in a short time at the ENT department of a hospital. Recently emerged that the UMC in Utrecht recently failed to report two deaths during operations by an ENT surgeon
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