The Abu Dhabi Court awarded her 200,000 dirhams in compensation

Wrong syringe undergoes “pregnant” caesarean section

Abu Dhabi Court based its ruling on the medical liability report.

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The Abu Dhabi Court for Family and Civil and Administrative Claims ruled that a midwife must pay a woman a sum of 200,000 dirhams, as compensation for committing a medical error, which consisted in giving her an injection of “carbetocin” by mistake, instead of the “morphine” analgesic, which led to severe contractions of the uterus, which formed dangerous to the fetus, and caused her to undergo an urgent caesarean section.

In the details, a woman filed a lawsuit, demanding that a “hospital and a midwife” pay her a sum of one million dirhams, in compensation for the material, physical and moral damages she sustained, noting that she went to the defendant for review regarding the birth, and a “Morphine” injection was prescribed to relieve Labor pains, and the midwife working in the hospital gave her an injection of “Carbetocin” by mistake, instead of “morphine”, which caused violent contractions of the uterus, slowing the heartbeat of the fetus, and necessitated an urgent cesarean section to preserve the life of the fetus.

She indicated that during the operation there was damage to the front and back wall of the bladder, and the fetus was taken out through the bladder, and as a result, the urologist was called to repair it, and general anesthesia was required. The care provided to the patient in the hospital did not meet the standards, and there was a medical error on the midwife, represented in the mistakenly giving a drug “Carbetocin”, which resulted in the patient undergoing a caesarean section, which could have been avoided, and the resulting complications were avoided. There are no medical errors, and compensation is limited to 100,000 dirhams.

In the ruling, the court stated that it was established through the report of the Medical Responsibility Committee, that the plaintiff (31 years old), visited the hospital for childbirth, and a morphine analgesic was prescribed to relieve labor pain, and the midwife mistakenly gave a carbetocin needle, which caused contractions Violent in the womb, and affected the fetus, which necessitated an urgent caesarean section to preserve the life of the fetus.

She pointed out that the medical responsibility report confirmed that the error in giving Carbetocin instead of morphine analgesic led to severe uterine contractions, which posed a danger to the fetus, which caused the patient to undergo an urgent caesarean section that could have been avoided, and surgical complications were avoided.

She pointed out that the report indicated that the surgical complications were dealt with in the appropriate manner and timing, and according to professional medical principles, while the report indicated that there was an error by the legal midwife, in giving the wrong medication, which led to the patient undergoing a caesarean section, which could have been avoided and the resulting complications were avoided. The right of the midwife shall not be established in the right of the legal midwife.

The court confirmed its satisfaction with the report of the Medical Liability Committee, with which the court concludes that the elements of responsibility are available from error, damage and the link of causation. expenses.

The medical responsibility report confirmed that the error in giving the drug “Carbetocin” instead of the analgesic “morphine” led to severe uterine contractions.

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