Karolinska: Two patients died in connection with the lack of space

"Karolinska: Two patients died in connection with the lack of space"

"Two patients died in connection with the lack of space at the Karolinska university hospital in Huddinge."

"Now the hospital has communicated itself."

"One of the patients moved, despite the fact that the doctor said that it was inappropriate."

"the Karolinska university hospital in Huddinge, sweden now has the lex Maria reported that two patients had died at the hospital in conjunction with the lack of beds, one in 2017 and the second in 2018."

"the first case, The cancer patient with acute surgical needs who was cared for at gynekologmottagningen, but became worse and died."

"The second case involves a patient who was transferred to the urologist, despite the fact that the doctor said that it was inappropriate.n– In the difficult mode we have in Stockholm right now is patient safety is the absolute most important, " says patientområdeschef Lennart Adamsson to the News agency Siren."

"because of the pressure on hospitals, patients at Karolinska in Huddinge often been treated at other departments than the most suitable.nSituationen arose in connection with the restructuring of the Karolinska hospital in recent years, according to Lennart Adamsson, then creating new ways to organize care in a variety of themes and patientområden."

" the Resources were, perhaps, not distributed fully in the best way. But the absolute biggest reason to vårdplatsbristen is the shortage of nurses. In the county we get almost no responses at all on the jobbannonserna, " says Lennart Adamsson to the News agency Siren."

"Both patients died. It is, however, not with the certainty that both patients had survived, even if the right skills had been available, but Lennart Adamsson mean at the same time that the lack of access to the right care means a risk."

"– There is definitely a danger that we may not be on the right title, especially considering that health care is becoming increasingly specialized, " says Lennart Adamsson."

"by reason of these events and other serious anomalies, Karolinska decided to open another department for akutkirurgisk care in Huddinge."

"currently 12 of the 24 vårdplatserna open. It is hoped that this initiative will be fully up and running after the summer of 2019 and is currently in the process of recruiting nurses.n– It is very positive that the management realized the seriousness and we got the here, the revamped, " says Lennart Adamsson, head of patientområdena trauma, acute and reconstructive surgery. "