Process of 10 million euros after a child’s death at Sanador

A doctor from the Sanador Private Hospital in the Capital was sent to court by the General Prosecutor’s Office, in relation to the death of a one -year and ten -month -old child, who had undergone surgery.

In the same file, a medical assistant was sent to court, also for the guilty murder.

According to the indictment sent to court, it is Mădălina Abdel Karim, a pediatric specialist at the Sanador Clinical Hospital, and Florentina Agagiu, nurse.

The two women are accused of not monitoring the child after the operation and did not give her the appropriate drug treatment.

In October 2018, a one -year -old and ten -month -old child was admitted by parents at Sanador Hospital, to undergo surgery, having, among other things, the diagnosis of « right groin ».

On October 20, 2018, between 11:25 am and 13:15, a team of surgeons operates the boy, after which the child is transferred from the operating block to an anesthesia and intensive care salon, then in a reserve within the Pediatrics section, not being considered a « serious case ».

After the surgery, the child is supervised by parents and two nurses.

On the same day, around 22:47, at the request of the parents, the Mădălina Abdel-Karim guard doctor found that the boy was in an extremely serious general condition, which is why he was initiated by oxygen therapy and monitoring, being requested the emergency services in the hospital (and CPU). Subsequently, the child enters the cardiorespiratory stop, at which point the resuscitation maneuvers begin, between 22:55 and 00:05, when they were interrupted and declared the death.

According to the documents in the file, the child died as a result of a hemorrhagic shock that occurred in the evolution of an internal bleeding.

After the death of the child, the parents file a criminal complaint against the hospital and the doctors who performed the surgery or ensured the postoperative supervision of their son.

The Prosecutor’s Office opens a criminal case for guilty murder, several doctors and assistants from Sanador being criminally investigated.

After six years of investigations, the prosecutors decide to sue Mădălina Abdel-Karim (the guard doctor) and Florentina Agagiu (assistant), the other doctors being taken out of criminal prosecution.

According to the documents from the file, Mădălina Abdel-Karim is accused that, on October 20, 2018, between 14:20-22:47, being on guard on the Pediatrics section, did not comply On the one hand, it was not ensured that the medical nurses in the pediatrics perform an effective supervision of the child and give them the appropriate drug treatment prescribed by the doctors, and, on the other hand, « has displayed a number of own omissions and obviously non -reliable in monitoring the general condition of this minor patient and of his vital function ».

The medical assistant Florentina Agagiu is accused by the prosecutors that, during the night shift service, he did not execute the monitoring of the general condition of the child and his vital functions and did not comply with the medical prescriptions recorded by the doctors in the observation sheet.

During the investigation, Florentina Agagiu told the prosecutors that, on October 20, 2018, entering the night shift, he took over several patients from the previous tour, including the patient about whom the colleagues, they told him that he was drowsy during the day, that he had presented the operator, that he had a department.

In connection with the care given to the minor patient, the nurse claimed that one of the doctors told him to do exactly what he writes in the observation sheet and that, around 7:30 pm, when he saw the observation sheet drawn up on his behalf, he moved to the salon where this patient was, measuring his saturation. She also stated that, around 8:00 pm and 20:30, at the request of the patient’s mother, he took two teas to the salon in which she was, occasions on which she found that the minor was drowsy and that she was responding to stimuli.

The assistant also mentioned that, after 8:30 pm until his parents came with him in the hospital reception, around 10:50 pm, he did not enter the minor’s reserve, as he was in charge of the other patients and was not asked to return to the respective child, adding that he was checked at this time, vital parameters.

In the file sent to the District Court 1, the parents of the child constituted civil parties with the amounts of 10 million euros representing moral injury and 10,000 euros material damage, in question being introduced as a civilly responsible party SC SANADOR SRL and two insurance companies.