It started with the patient being admitted to the surgeon's clinic with abdominal pain. These were due to bowel wrists and the patient was operated on.
After the operation, things got worse. The patient was monitored and treated for a variety of symptoms.
- But you do not notice that the patient is suffering from blood poisoning, which is thus the root cause of the deterioration, says Helena Gladh, chief physician at Halland's hospital, in a press release.
The patient also suffered from severe pneumonia. She was cared for in the intensive care unit, but later died.
So the hospital has registered itself.