Medical mistake at Gunma Children's Medical Center Teenage man Serious aftereffects on the brain January 23 19:24
Last August, the nurses went unnoticed and noticed that a tube she had in the airway had been pulled out to secure breathing for a teenage male patient who had been hospitalized at a prefectural pediatric medical center in Shibukawa City, Gunma Prefecture. The patient was found to have had a cardiopulmonary arrest and a medical error that left severe sequelae in the brain.
This was revealed on Tuesday at the Gunma Children's Medical Center.
According to this, data on medical equipment that measures blood oxygen level and pulse of a teenage male patient who was hospitalized last August showed abnormalities.
At that time, the nurse who responded assumed that the equipment was malfunctioning, and did not notice that the tube that had been inserted into the airway from the patient's neck to secure breathing had stopped and breathing had stopped, and the patient temporarily stopped. , That is the state of cardiopulmonary arrest.
According to the center, the patient survived a life due to cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but did not return to consciousness and severe brain damage remained.
The center acknowledges that the patient's family had made a mistake and apologized, and is in the process of seeking damages.
At a conference, President Togamatsu of the Prefectural Children's Medical Center apologized and said, `` I am deeply sorry to have made patients and their families who have had serious after-effects painful ''. Revised manuals, such as reviewing the manuals for the company.