The Minister of Health, Vojislav Šimun, said today that they are taking measures to establish the responsibility of all those who participated in the treatment process of the late patient, mother Drita Tafa.
He said that a health and sanitary inspection was sent to the hospital in Bar and that operative teams were formed to investigate the case.
"In addition, the Ministry of Health will undertake a detailed independent investigation in order to determine all the circumstances of the treatment, we will also form an external commission that will be composed of experts and from regional health centers, in order to precisely locate the responsibility for both the birth process, surgery and post-operative care ", said Simun.
He also replied that after the findings, he would consider the dismissal of the director of the hospital in Bar, Igor Karišik.
The minister clarified that the patient gave birth on September 13 in the hospital in Bar, by caesarean section, and that there was a surgical complication that was recognized the next day, and that she was then treated at the Clinical Center of Montenegro (KCCG) until September 25. He explained that after her discharge, a routine procedure was scheduled for further urological treatment, and that on October 30, she was readmitted to KCCG, the day after the procedure.
"We assure the family and the entire public that all those responsible will be prosecuted," said Šimun.
The director of KCCG, Aleksandar Radović, said that the patient from Bar was brought to that institution due to the suspicion that there was a ureteral ligation, which was noted by the urologist, so in consultation with the interventional radiologist, a probe was installed to prevent kidney failure.
He explained that after nine days the patient was allowed to go home and that the probe was placed over the skin until the patient's condition improved. He explained that, according to the agreement, she was admitted again to KCCG, complete analyzes and imaging were done, and the temporary one was removed, and a probe was inserted into the body.
Radović said that the scans on Friday showed that the probe was working, but the patient's condition worsened, and a scanner scan was also performed, which showed that there was no contrast leakage and that anatomically everything was fine.
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"The patient was transferred to intensive care, resuscitation was started, but she died. We launched an internal commission that should establish why there was a fatal outcome in such a short period of time," said Radović.
At the press conference, the case of patient AA, also from Ulcinj, was discussed, who, after giving birth by caesarean section in the Bar hospital on September 10, was transferred to KCCG due to complications.
Radović said that she had increased bleeding and that the KCCG gynecologists admitted her urgently, and that it was not surgical bleeding, but coagulopathy.
"A reintervention was performed and the ovaries were removed. The patient received a very large number of blood transfusions, kidney and lung function was impaired, but now she is in the recovery phase and we are weaning her from the breathing machine," said Radović.
Šimun, answering the questions, said that in gynecology postpartum bleeding is common in the case of caesarean section, while in the case of the deceased patient, it is a potential injury to the ureter in connection with surgical work.
He pointed out that he expects the forensic autopsy to show what caused the patient's death.
Radović replied that the doctor on duty had ordered an autopsy on the patient, which the family refused.
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