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Ronit's tragedy: "The doctors at 'Haemek' did not detect the infection in time - and the mother died" | Israel today

2022-08-16T18:58:56.330Z


More evidence of neglect in the hospital: Ronit Fishel died after giving birth at 26 weeks • According to the findings of the Ministry of Health, the disaster was due, among other things, to her being released too quickly and not being transferred urgently to intensive care • The toddler's father: The negligent treatment caused the child's disability • The hospital: "The medical decisions were acceptable"


The mother, Ronit Fishel, died six days after giving birth at the Emek Hospital in Afula, following a series of serious failures by the medical staff at the hospital, and the extreme shortage of hospital beds in the intensive care department. This is according to the findings of the Ministry of Health's investigation, which are revealed in the "Shishab" investigation that will be published at the end of the week.

The happy event turned into a nightmare.

The late Ronit Fishel and Dagan Birand,

Ronit, 42 years old at the time of her death, passed away in April 2020, and according to the findings of the Ministry of Health's internal investigation, which was finally concluded about two weeks ago, she passed away following a series of very serious failures and omissions:

She did not receive antibiotic treatment before or after the birth, even though this treatment was requested because of the risk in her condition and the severe and dangerous worsening of her condition after the birth;

She was released too quickly to her home after giving birth, and when she came back and her condition worsened, she was not urgently transferred to the intensive care unit;

Despite the very dangerous worsening of her condition, the senior doctors only received a very partial report on her from the gynecologist on duty in the ward, by phone, instead of coming and examining her themselves, as required by the severity of her life-threatening condition.

Demonstration against the Emek Hospital, photo: Gil Eliyahu/Gini

No proper investigation was conducted

In addition to all of this, there was no orderly investigation of the case in the women's department at Ha'Emek Hospital. The internal investigation, which the hospital management did conduct, was conducted in advance, solely for the purpose of preparing the hospital for the legal proceedings that were expected to be brought against him. The findings of the internal investigation were concealed on by the hospital not only from Ronit's family, but even from the inspection committee of the Ministry of Health, which investigated the sad affair.

A senior at the Emek Hospital told "Israel Hayom": "The mother should not have died, and the main problem was that the doctors did not recognize in time the severe worsening of her condition and the infection that spread in her body.

If she had been transferred to intensive care urgently, there would have been a high chance of saving her, or at the very least giving her all the options to save her life, as is required in reasonable medicine."

raising the child alone.

Dagan and his son Nadri, photo: Eric Sultan

Six intensive care beds

Ronit Fishel, a resident of Afula, became pregnant after in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatments and gave birth on April 14, in the 26th week of pregnancy, during the first quarantine of the corona virus.

The baby was born weighing 940 grams and was immediately transferred to the hospital's preterm ward.

Since Ronit's death, baby Nadri is being raised by his father, Dagan Birand.

Now he has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit on his son's behalf against Kopah Klalit, the owner of the Emek Hospital, and against the hospital itself, claiming that the negligent treatment not only resulted in Ronit's death, but also caused injury and disability to the baby.

The lawsuit was filed by attorney Yossi Toledano and Ido Tober.

continuous neglect

The investigation into the death of Ronit Fishel also reveals a horrifying picture of the ongoing neglect of the intensive care department at the Emek Hospital, to which the most difficult patients are supposed to be transferred in order to try to save their lives. One of the main problems that came up in the investigation is the lack of hospital beds in this department.

After the revelations in "Israel Hayom": a demonstration in Afula against the neglect of the "Haemek" hospital // Photo: HaMabaq Headquarters

The committee itself noted, unusually for such investigations by the Ministry of Health: "During the hearing of the doctors on the inspection committee, their dissatisfaction arose in view of the paucity of intensive care beds at Ha'Emek Hospital, which has six intensive care beds and 600 hospitalization beds, a fact that inevitably affects the acceptance clinical decisions.

It was expected that such a hospital would contain dozens of intensive care beds."

Advocate Toledano, photo: Naama Stern

The committee further determined that these data on the unusual critical shortage of intensive care beds at the hospital "had a significant contribution to the way the case was managed on Ronit Fishel's last day."

"defects were found"

Mahamelit University said: "This is a tragic and unusual case of blood infection, which developed within a few hours and caused the deceased's rapid deterioration and death. The Ministry of Health stated that the medical decisions made were acceptable and were made after exercise of discretion, and she died before she could reach the intensive care unit. There a bed was prepared for her. The hospital has a plan to significantly expand the intensive care units for adults, children and premature babies. We share in the family's deep sorrow."

The Ministry of Health responded: "We share in the family's grief. The Ministry of Health established an inspection committee, which did a thorough job and found deficiencies in the conduct of the treating staff at the hospital, and it was decided that there is no room for disciplinary measures. It should be noted that the failure to transfer the patient to the intensive care unit was not due to a lack of beds Intensive care, but only for professional reasons."

The full investigation on Friday in "Shishab"

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Source: israelhayom

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