Don't laugh, Govt Re-structured Hospitals....you're just as bad, if not worse...
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It was a serious error.
Even the non-healthcare people can detect the difference between O+ and AB+.
Though blood bank dispensed it wrongly, or doctor made mistake in his script, the nurse and the manager should catch the error easily.
Fortunately, the error was found at last minuite before being done on the patient.
Even the non-healthcare people can detect the difference between O+ and AB+.
Though blood bank dispensed it wrongly, or doctor made mistake in his script, the nurse and the manager should catch the error easily.
Fortunately, the error was found at last minuite before being done on the patient.
All these near misses all started with the entire health care system being run by cronies.
Starting from the very top right down to the many low ranking FTs employed for the jobs.
Considering that the very top draws multi million dollar salaries whenever there are these incidents of 'near misses' the consequences never seem to befall them.
The entire system that affects the typical Sinkie in every possible ways never seem to make these Sinkie to think what the hell went wrong with the entire system which they live on.
And lastly I would add the response to this incident.
Who did the grandma and her family members who are eligible to vote , vote for?
Starting from the very top right down to the many low ranking FTs employed for the jobs.
Considering that the very top draws multi million dollar salaries whenever there are these incidents of 'near misses' the consequences never seem to befall them.
The entire system that affects the typical Sinkie in every possible ways never seem to make these Sinkie to think what the hell went wrong with the entire system which they live on.
And lastly I would add the response to this incident.
Who did the grandma and her family members who are eligible to vote , vote for?
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It has nothing to do with cronyism and it won't make any difference who anyone votes for next time round.
All systems are run by humans and humans make mistakes regardless of where they live in the world and who they voted for in the elections prior to the error being made.
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Killer medical mishaps at Auckland hospitals
MICHELLE ROBINSON
Last updated 05:00 21/02/2012
Auckland District Health Board had the most serious medical events in the country between 2010 and 2011, a report by the Heath and Safety Commission has found.
Despite being only the fourth-biggest DHB in the country, there were 54 incidents in Auckland - six involving death.
A total of 377 serious and sentinel events were reported throughout New Zealand over the period, with 86 patient deaths, although not necessarily as a result of the adverse event which occurred.
Hospitals in the Auckland region accounted for 115 of the events.
A serious or sentinel event has, or has the potential to result in, serious lasting disability or death not related to the natural course of the patient's illness or underlying condition.
Of the Auckland cases, two babies died and one patient is blind as a result of poor medical judgement.
Other events included a woman having a miscarriage after she was mistakenly given medication to "complete a miscarriage" at Waitemata Hospital. She sought help for bleeding but was misdiagnosed and prescribed Misoprostol which resulted in her miscarrying. An earlier ultrasound showed a live foetus with a slow pulse. Staff were later educated about Misoprostol and a policy on its use was written. In an Auckland DHB incident, a ''lack of co-ordination'' was blamed for a baby being stillborn.
Case review findings showed an ultrasound scan request form was not sent and a planned induction date was missed due to full medical notes not being available.
A caesarean section was also delayed due to a perceived need for cross-matched blood, and communication with an on-call obstetrician was delayed.
A number of recommendations were later implemented, including a system for early bookings for induction in high-risk pregnancies.
In another incident in the Auckland DHB, a patient became blind after an urgent eye clinic appointment was delayed by 14 months.
The patient was booked into the wrong clinic and a referral was twice sent to the wrong DHB.
Counties-Manukau had 32 events, involving three deaths, and Waitemata had 29 events, involving one death.
Falls were the most commonly reported event at each hospital - there were 31 at Auckland, 24 at Manukau and 19 at Waitemata.
According to national figures, 195 falls were reported as serious and sentinel events in 2010/11, up from 130 falls the previous year.
A total of 25 medication errors were reported nationwide and there were 108 clinical management incidents including delays in responding to a patient's condition, poor communication between health professionals and delayed diagnoses due to poor referral processes and result reporting.
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The commission's chairman Alan Merry said New Zealand had an excellent health and disability system, with more than 2.7 million people treated in public hospitals or as outpatients each year, and very few occasions of serious harm.
But he urged health professionals to familiarise themselves with the report's findings in efforts to improve patient safety.
"It's not acceptable to keep making preventable errors and all of us who work in health need to redouble our efforts to ensure patients receive the best and safest care.''
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the nursing union in santa clara county is so powerful no nurses who are members ever get walking papers. one icu nurse failed to connect the feeding tube to a patient correctly and instead it was buried unconnected beneath the patient. it caused infection to the opening, and the patient had to undergo surgery to stem the infection while still in coma. it could have caused the patient his life, but he was young and he survived after 4 more weeks in coma and 2 more weeks recuperating from stomach infection. the nurse is still in the same icu.
In other places, the hospital will be sued millions and surely lose and will have to cough out at least hundred of thousands to have caused the family and that indivdual tremendous stress and turmoil!
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When a hospital gets sued for millions, it's the patients that ultimately pay the bill.
When a hospital gets sued for millions, it's the patients that ultimately pay the bill.
Well that should work in Sinkland .
As it's ..
EVERY MAN WOMAN CHILD FOR THEMSELVES!
I wonder which nationality those nurses are from?
And it's good that they got their walking orders, for they even argued with the family members without first finding out if the family members' concerns were valid or not.
As for other cases in other countries or whatever, I can't comment as it's not my country, the union is not a big thing in SG.. only a govt linked organization in my eyes. Plus, we may not know the full story of the case or cases.. so.. don't want to look at them.
But, if an individual intentionally caused something, walking orders should be metted out. It's a bit tough for the nurses in this incident.. for we may not know who is truly at fault.. the blood dispensed wrong or doctor write wrong.. we don't even know if all relevant parties who contributed to this error was found out.. just that the nurses got into an argument with the family members for failing to detect the error.
Hmm.. it reminds me.. lower ranked employees gets the whip, while the higher ups go scott free.. Nasi Lemak anyone?
And it's good that they got their walking orders, for they even argued with the family members without first finding out if the family members' concerns were valid or not.
As for other cases in other countries or whatever, I can't comment as it's not my country, the union is not a big thing in SG.. only a govt linked organization in my eyes. Plus, we may not know the full story of the case or cases.. so.. don't want to look at them.
But, if an individual intentionally caused something, walking orders should be metted out. It's a bit tough for the nurses in this incident.. for we may not know who is truly at fault.. the blood dispensed wrong or doctor write wrong.. we don't even know if all relevant parties who contributed to this error was found out.. just that the nurses got into an argument with the family members for failing to detect the error.
Hmm.. it reminds me.. lower ranked employees gets the whip, while the higher ups go scott free.. Nasi Lemak anyone?
Just a couple of observations out of this incident:
1 Tyranny of the powerful goes hand in hand with neglect, ignorance and abuse. Remember the days when the missy has to be bribed with biscuits and chocolates to ensure that your old mother/father, son/daughter or uncle/aunty would be properly taken care of by the missy?
By and large, the locals who are into nursing are cooperative, attentive and possesses a kind spirit, or else they would never be doing a job which most locals would shun. Those that come from foreign lands are a different kettle of fish - of course they do not mind nursing for most of them cannot get a proper paying job in their own countries and earn the same kind of money they can in Singapore. Of course they are willing to take up a job that most Singaporeans shun. Remember also, in pinoy, ah neh or tiong kok, the missy still rules superme over the ward - you don't argue with the missy if you want your dear ones to be taken care of. Inevitably when the come over, they bring along the same attitude and manner of working to Singapore, nothing strange. Therefore, the reported argument with family members of the victim who discovered the mistake.
2 As mentioned before, if a person does not have a kind and service oriented attitude towards the sick and weak, he/she is unlikely to do the job well as a nurse. Thus, it is absolutely right that the nurses involved in this incident got the walking papers, for if they don't they are likely to end up abusing and endangering the lives of patients under their care. Remember the reports of old folks being abused by nurses in old folks home?
3. Finally, although the nurse(s) involved in this abuse is/are given the walking papers, the bigger concern is also - what happened to the nurse manager of the shift, the doctor who was on duty for the ward, etc? Don't they also get some punishment? Hopefully, the management of the hospital wake up to the reality that outrage over such mismanagment of patient care and endangering of the lives of their customers are bad for business. Hopefully too, somewhere, sometime, some programme ought to be started in the hospital to refresh and train their employees the importance of first having the right working attitude towards customers and their welfare. Secondly, no matter where they come from, the employees ought to know that without the diseased and the ill, they themselves have no jobs and thus should take care of their customers professionally.
Ok, so much for some thoughts. Good day.
When a hospital gets sued for millions, it's the patients that ultimately pay the bill.
Like what Sinkie commented on other thread, patients just avoid going to this hospital lor...
But but, practically we have not much choices...
There are limited supply of hospitals and doctors here.
