Childrens Hospital Faces Police Investigation
By Ipsit, Gaea News NetworkMonday, July 12, 2010
LAS VEGAS (GaeaTimes.com)- Sunrise Childrens Hospital have issued their official statement regarding the 14 cases where the patient’s catheter tubes were disconnected without any valid reason. The Childrens Hospitalis now swarmed by Las Vegas Police who are the chief investigator of the case.
The statement that was issued by the Childrens Hospital have admitted that the medicos had issued orders for one patient to be shifted into the intensive care unit leaving out the other one. It was said that both the patients were suffering from a similar problem and hence needed extra medical care. It’s surprising how Sunrise Childrens Hospital has not witnessed one but a total of 14 similar incidents where catheters supplying medicine, blood and nutrition were detached from the patient without any valid reason. Patrick Neville who happens to be the Captain of Las Vegas Police hailed Sunrise Childrens Hospital and informed the media that Sunrise Childrens Hospital was “proactive” in reporting the incident. One of the spokesperson for the Childrens Hospital Ashlee Seymour refrained to answer any questions owing to the ongoing investigation.
The Childrens Hospital has also notified all prominent medical bodies in the state about the incident. They include Nevada State Board of Nursing, Southern Nevada Health District and the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services. The official statement of the Childrens Hospital didn’t happen to mention whether the incidents were accidental or deliberate measures adopted by the attending medicos. Hospital officials further informed that they had called for an internal investigation in the month of February when they found a problem with the disrupted catheters back at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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