In Florida, during the operation, the child forgot the needle in the heart
'24.04.2018'
Source: The tampa bay
Amara Le, the mother of her newborn daughter, thought that the operation went well, but what was her shock when, during the next examination, the doctor warned the parents about a serious complication: the child was discharged from the Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg with a needle in the heart.
Le and her fiancé, Joshua Whipple, went with their daughter back to the children's hospital and demanded to remove the needle. But the surgeon who operated on, told them that there was no needle and everything was in order.
The parents returned home. “We had no choice,” Le recalls.
Ten days later, the girl became in need of emergency surgery, not related to the needle. Her parents were taken to another hospital. Half an hour later, a surgeon at the hospital found a needle in the aorta of Katelin, the daughter of Le.
At the request of the publication Tampa Bay Times about Katelin case, guide Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital recognized a number of problems that were not previously reported.
They said that mortality among heart failure patients increased. In addition, to assess the performance of surgeons, the hospital attracted specialists from other hospitals.
В Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital They also recognized that since 2016, the needles were left not for one, but for two children.
“If I told you we had no problems, I would be lying,” said Dr. Jonathan Ellen, the hospital's general manager.
In response, the institute significantly reduced the number of operations and stopped performing some complex operations, Ellen said.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital out of court with the family Katelin agreed on compensation in $ 50 000, most of which will be paid to the girl when she becomes an adult.
