2024/4/11 15:34 (updated at 4/11 19:07)
(Central News Agency reporter Lin Qiaolian, Kaohsiung, 11th) The Kaohsiung Municipal People’s Livelihood Hospital gave out an error on the 4th, causing an uproar in the outside world. Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Qimai said that the mistakes made by Minsheng Hospital were low-level mistakes and should not be done; the Health Bureau also removed the director from his post, and all relevant administrative personnel were punished.
On the 4th, workers at Minsheng Hospital helped to send the patient to the operating room, but they pushed the wrong patient. As a result, the elderly patient surnamed Huang was given the wrong incision and underwent chest drainage surgery. During the process, the ward nurse, operating room nurse, anesthesia, and The surgeon who performed the operation did not notice anything; it was not until a nurse discovered that the patient surnamed Huang was not in the bed while administering the medicine that the incident was discovered, but the operation had already been completed.
Chen Qimai attended the groundbreaking ceremony of the Honghua Bridge Construction Project this afternoon. Before the meeting, he accepted a joint interview. When asked by the media about the medical oolong incident at Minsheng Hospital, Chen Qimai responded that it was “very inappropriate.” The mistake that occurred at Minsheng Hospital was a low-level mistake.
Chen Qimai said that the personnel directly responsible for this incident were punished by demerits according to the Hospital Quality and Patient Safety Committee, and this incident also represents a shortcoming in management. The Kaohsiung City Health Bureau People’s Review Council this morning made the decision to exempt the former director Yan Jiaqi. Management positions will be punished, and personnel in relevant administrative departments will also be punished.
The Kaohsiung Health Bureau stated today that in accordance with the provisions of Article 108, Paragraph 1, of the Medical Act, a fine of up to NT$500,000 will be imposed; for the punishment part, the surgeon in charge will be punished once, and will be transferred to the penalty in accordance with Article 25 of the Physician Act, anesthesia Doctors, operating room nurses, ward nurses and transport workers failed to implement patient identification as required and were each given one demerit.
The hospital also completed the disciplinary process for “internal control management lapses” and punished the deputy medical director, director of the surgical department and director of the nursing department once and received reprimands; the director of the operating room, the chief nurse of the operating room, and the chief nurse of the ward received two reprimands , with immediate effect, we will make every effort to rectify and implement the internal disease safety control mechanism. The former dean, Yan Jiaqi, was relieved of his management duties and was no longer concurrently the dean. (Editor: Chen Renhua) 1130411
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