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Controversial: Staff refuse to do emergency surgery due to A/H1N1

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Source: http://www.infobae.com/contenidos/4...ó-y-denunció-que-el-personal-se-negó-ayudarlo

Controversial: surgeon with symptoms of influenza A and operated complained that the staff refused to help
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A doctor entrerriano accused her colleagues of "abandoned people" because they did not want to collaborate in an emergency operation. The professional is suspected of having the virus, but the intervention was going to do with chinstrap and gloves. Peers questioned whether or not in a position to operate
The event took place at the Bliss Hospital Masvernat located in the city of Concordia, Entre Rios province. A doctor complained to the authorities of the health center to its employees refused to perform with him an emergency surgery to a girl of 3 years because the symptoms suffered occupational influenza A reported ElDiarioonline.com.ar.

According to the above in a letter by the surgeon N?stor Hirschfeld, was presented last Wednesday at his workplace, the hospital Masvernat, with a picture of the suspected new disease. His intention was to notify his superiors about his possible illness, severity of the sample taken, complete the form and receive epidemiological appropriate antiviral treatment.

When I was in the place came to the Guard a girl 3 years closed with a strong abdominal trauma, caused by a fall from the sink to wash clothes. As the professional makes 80% of pediatric interventions, immediately the "supplied with the equipment needed to avoid contagion, ie chinstrap special air filter for increased security, in addition to the gloves," he explained.

However, other doctors, nurses, instrumentalists and even the cleaning staff refused to cooperate with the preparation of the operating room and the surgery itself. "Literally left the workplace," he said.

This situation led to Hirschfeld to report what happened to his superiors. He assured his colleagues that showed "a remarkable disregard for the lives of others" and highlighted the work of staff was free to selflessly came to the health center for help. "They showed dedication to service and common sense as they were taken all biosecurity measures for this unusual case," confirmed in the letter.

The doctor requested that "the human rights of the case" because "they are serious misconduct, gross, unforgivable, considering they were the heads of these players." "The first thing in public health and private life of the patient, and who do not understand and can not belong to a health team," he said.

The hospital's director, Orlando Elordi, ordered the area's legal to start a research hospital, and eventually working in summary. However, he said that any sanctions will be taken after the end of the health emergency, not to diminish the amount of health personnel involved in this extraordinary operation against influenza A.

Elordi remarked that the doctor was the only one who could then make the transaction "and questioned the decision of staff who refused to attend the intervention.

"They have a job to do. They have operated on many occasions and in many cases accompanied with emergency patients admitted with lethal viruses and have been taking the precautions are necessary to operate with confidence," he said in televised statements.
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If the child had a life threatening trauma it seems appropriate for that surgeon to operate since he was the only one able to do so. It is extraordianry but then I have known of surgeons operating without gloving and gowning in an emergency situation in order to save a life. Same deal. As a nurse, I am inclined to believe there was something else going on, politics, fear of contagion by the staff, who knows? There is more to this story than meets the eye.
 
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Source: http://momento24.com/en/2009/07/06/...ave-a-surgery-for-having-h1n1-virus-symptoms/

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Entre R?os: girl did not have a surgery for having H1N1 virus symptoms
Posted on 06 July 2009 at 16:43

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In Concordia ? Entre R?os ? the surgeon N?stor Hirchfeld denounced ?for person?s abandonment?, to nurses and surgical instrumentalists who in the public hospital Masvernat refused to operate a three-year-old girl, who was presenting Influenza symptoms.

The doctor reported that a 3-year-old patient was hospitalized in pediatric intensive care in a critical state. For that he asked the authorities of the hospital to provide necessary material to avoid the contagion. Nevertheless, ?the entire personnel that this day was in the operating center refused to collaborate?.
 
Re: Controversial: Staff refuse to do emergency surgery due to A/H1N1

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"As the professional makes 80% of pediatric interventions, immediately the "supplied with the equipment needed to avoid contagion, ie chinstrap special air filter for increased security, in addition to the gloves," he explained.

However, other doctors, nurses, instrumentalists and even the cleaning staff refused to cooperate with the preparation of the operating room and the surgery itself. "Literally left the workplace," he said."



Probably a case for prosecution.

In such emergencies, having unafordable staff's is very bad,
counting on that these "folks" have been shielded properly.

Special multispecialistic wards, with surgery also, flu patients dedicated, are needed, to avoid such defetism.

Additionaly, it is shameful that professionals working when other potential infections are present probably, and with many hospital acquired infections present everywhere, leave the boat when it became tricky - I seems to remember a thread at FT about Canadians, SARS, etc., which report about an 100.000 buks fine for the ones leaving the place of work in the middle of an pandemic - that's why they must have also personal shield equipment, and in this case seems that they have it.

A bad sign if things goes frantic even now with the initial wave.
 
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