Gynecologist Ivan Bošković said yes there is no possibility of finding dirty and stained compresses or rags on the maternity table, but that such an impression can be obtained due to the presence of iodine.
He stated this in the High Court during the continuation of the trial of Bjelopolje doctors accused of infecting five babies, one of whom died.
Doctors Tomislav Jeremić, Zvonko Puletić, Haka Tahirović and Jela Cimbaljević are accused of a serious offense against human health, i.e., of not complying with health regulations for the suppression of a dangerous infectious disease.
"We often get the impression that compresses are dirty, because they contain iodine that leaves stains, however, iodine on a green surface gives the impression that it is a bloody compress, even though they are completely sterilized," said Dr. Bošković and pointed out that in the maternity hospital worked with fully sterilized instruments and gloves.
Dr. Bošković claimed that the hygienic conditions in the ward were satisfactory, but that he did not enter the maternity toilets, but that he made that assessment based on the appearance of the rooms. He pointed out that without the presence of Dr. Zvonko Puletić, whose work was never criticized, the Hospital was left without the most experienced gynecologist and surgeon.
Bošković said that swabs were not taken from women in labor before giving birth because this was not provided for in the national guide.
"Nowhere in Montenegro were such swabs taken before childbirth", he said and pointed out that all the workers in the gynecology-obstetrics department had proper sanitary booklets, and that his was only currently not there due to the previous subspecialization, but that he had been sanitary processed .
He said that there was an impression that "something is hiding in the hospital while it is burning behind its walls", but that this was not the case, and that he realized that something serious was happening on November 13, when Salemović's baby was referred to the Clinical Center. because just a few hours earlier a female doctor had called him for some consultation regarding baby Knežević, who was in the Clinical Center.
"Immediately tomorrow, we met at the gynecology department, after which Chief Zvonko Puletić called Danojla Dakić and the infection was reported.
The trial continues on February 9 and 10.
Doctors knew about the infection a few days before the death of baby Knežević
Although the Commission for Intrahospital Infections was formed in 2010, except for one informal meeting a few days earlier, it did not meet before November 16, the day after the death of baby Knežević.
This was confirmed by the members of that commission, endocrinologist Elzana Čikić, specialist. of hygiene Dr. Ifeta Erović, infectious disease specialist Dr. Izet Čindrak and chief technician Vesko Janković, who, except for Dr. Čikić, knew about "the suspicion that something strange is happening with the babies who were sent to Podgorica in a short period of time."
Jeremić said that on November 16, the commission met and that the then Minister of Health, Miodrag Bobo Radunović, proposed that the gynecology department be closed due to an infection, and that the commission retire to another room and make such a decision.
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