First publication: A horrific mistake occurred at the Wolfson Government Hospital in Holon, when during the doctor's surgery he performed a tear in the patient's heart, which led to his tragic death.
The operation on an 83-year-old lung cancer patient was performed on April 19.
It was the first operation performed by Dr. Faras Abu Aker at the hospital, after he was appointed director of the breast surgery unit at Wolfson.
But the unusual complication opened up a Pandora's box, which raised tough questions when it came to running the hospital.
The director of the Oncology Institute and the chairman of the doctors' committee, Dr. Ronen Brenner, demanded an investigation into the affair in a letter he sent to the hospital's director, Dr. Anat Engel. Aker, this after the previous director of the unit, Dr. Bnei Zuckerman, moved to Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.
"Caused a tear in the heart."
Dr. Abu Aker,
A huge hole in the heart
According to Dr. Brenner's letter, the patient had been clear, functional, and had been treated by him for the past four years. Abu Akar, was under the impression that he could perform the surgery.
According to the complaint, there was a serious malfunction in the operation, and Dr. Hagai Dekel, director of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Wolfson, who was at the time undergoing surgery on a child in the next room, "called urgently to the operating table and saw a huge hole in his heart." Were nil, and the surgical approach was incorrect.
In addition, Dr. Brenner said that Dr. Dekel contacted him and told him that Dr. Abu Akar was not professionally and personally fit to run a breast surgery unit at Wolfson. Chest, Dr. Engel conducted a tender without sharing it and accepted Dr. Abu Akar for the position.
He added: "This is an uncomplicated procedure, which lasts a few minutes," and added: "It is impossible not to refer to the flawed process of accepting Dr. Abu Akar to the position.
The question arises as to whether Engel is directly responsible for the failure of the operation and the death of the patient. "
An experienced surgeon
Israel Today was presented with information and claims by other senior doctors that strengthen the questions raised by Dr. Ronen Brenner in the case.
"Did not participate in the tender."
Dr. Anat Engel, Photo: Efrat Eshel
Dr. Mordechai Shimonov, director of Surgery A. at Wolfson, responded to Brenner's complaint and wrote that Dr. Abu Akar is "one of the most experienced surgeons in the country, but a relatively young breast surgeon."
He further added that he was selected in a proper tender and Dr. Dekel did not take part in it, in accordance with his statements about his desire to "disengage" from the chest unit.
Dr. Shimonov wrote that Dr. Faras Abu Akar began work on April 10 and is entitled to 100 days of grace, "All the hospital doctors were impressed by his professionalism and motivation and willingness to work. He has already performed dozens of cases of a similar procedure, and unfortunately the current case has ended. As it ended unfortunate. "
Wolfson Hospital responded: "We share the family's grief. This is a patient of oncologist Dr. Ronen Brenner.
The breast surgeon mentioned in the article is a valued surgeon with many years of experience, and was selected in a tender to manage a breast surgery unit associated with the Department of Surgery at Wolfson Hospital.
"According to Dr. Hagai Dekel, his quoted remarks are inaccurate and have been taken out of context.
It should be noted that this is a patient who was unfortunately in a very difficult situation.
The hospital examines the details of the case transparently, and the Ministry of Health knows the details of the case. "
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