Zhou Tianyu, a 7-year-old girl suffering from "rhabdomyosarcoma", became a vegetable due to a medical accident during surgery at Queen Mary Hospital three years ago.
Zhou Tianyu's father yesterday (15th) released two recordings of the meeting when doctors from the Quality and Safety Department of Queen Mary Hospital explained the incident to him and the latest reply from the hospital. The bureau has always only acted as a "messenger", and its irresponsible attitude has failed the expectations of the public.
He said frankly that the recent case of Tang Guisi inspired him, thinking that after a medical accident, the hospital involved still shrugged off responsibility and concealed it, which is no different from sprinkling salt on the wound to the physically and mentally exhausted family members, which is a secondary injury.
▼ On November 4, Tianyu returned home for a reunion after staying in the hospital for two and a half years▼
Received the latest reply from Queen Mary Hospital last week, accusing the hospital of denying the concealment
Zhou Tianyu's father yesterday (15th) through the "Tianyu Medical Accident Concern Group" Facebook page, released two recordings of meetings when doctors from the Quality and Safety Department of Queen Mary Hospital explained the incident to him.
He brought up the case of Deng Guisi who had an acute liver attack due to a doctor prescribing a missed medicine, and believed that compared with the clinical negligence of the doctor involved, the deliberate concealment of the fault afterwards was even more unforgivable.
He revealed that he had met with the senior management of the Hospital Authority at the end of November last year and asked questions at the meeting. He finally received their reply last week, describing it as "as expected, they were all official dialogues and repeatedly denied various faults." What he said back then made him indignant, so he decided to release two recordings of the meeting when the doctor from the Quality and Safety Department of Queen Mary Hospital explained the incident to them in the Tianyu medical incident.
Zhou Tianyu's father pointed out that according to the latest reply from Queen Mary Hospital last week, the hospital still does not admit that the incident was concealed, and explained that because the incident is very complicated and requires time to investigate, it can only explain the ins and outs and details of the incident in stages. Misunderstanding that the hospital has concealed something, resulting in a bad impression.
Zhou Tianyu's father met with the senior management of the Hospital Authority at the end of November last year. He asked questions at the meeting and received their reply last week.
(Screenshot of the video on the Facebook page of "Tianyu Medical Accident Concern Group")
The public doctor's recording indicates that there are two options for obtaining blood transfusion kits during surgery
Zhou Tianyu's father expressed disbelief and disapproval of this statement, "It's okay to squeeze toothpaste, but at least you have to make a show when you squeeze it, so don't be inconsistent, or it should be common sense, but they don't."
As for Queen Mary Hospital, after the incident happened, it was the first to notify the management. The incident that deceived him did not involve human error.
Zhou's father also mentioned that before Tianyu's operation, the operating room had prepared blood packs suitable for Tianyu. The bag is not suitable for Tianyu use.
He released the recording of Dr. Deng from the Quality and Safety Department of Queen Mary Hospital. He said that the doctor in charge had two options at the time. One was to go to the central blood bank to get a new blood bag, and the other was to use the privilege to use ordinary blood. Leading to the death of a patient is not an easy decision.
At that time, Dr. Lu from the anesthesiology department decided to send someone to the central blood bank to get the blood pack again after considering the pros and cons. As a result, he waited for 48 minutes, which made Tianyu delay the blood transfusion.
The hospital explained that at that time, Dr. Lu had ordered to arrange a white blood cell filter for backup, but during the waiting period, the staff had already obtained special blood from the blood bank.
(Screenshot of the video on the Facebook page of "Tianyu Medical Accident Concern Group")
Zhou's father quoted a professor from Children's Hospital as saying that there is a fast and safe blood transfusion method
Zhou's father said that Professor Chen Zhifeng from the Children's Hospital later confirmed that there is a third treatment method, which is to use ordinary blood in the operating room as it is, and add a white blood cell filter to turn it into special blood. usage instructions.
He believes that the hospital did not inform the third safe method in order to cover up the wrong decision made at that time.
The hospital explained that at that time, Dr. Lu had ordered to arrange a white blood cell filter for backup, but during the waiting period, the staff had already obtained special blood from the blood bank.
Tianyu's father thought that this statement was completely different from what the hospital had said before, and could not accept such "inconsistencies and excuses full of loopholes". Afterwards, Tianyu's father asked him again, but the hospital refused to respond, and the incident ended. .
Zhou Tianyu's father also disclosed the Hospital Authority's response to Queen Mary Hospital's handling on January 6.
(Screenshot of the video on the Facebook page of "Tianyu Medical Accident Concern Group")
Zhou’s father said that the above are just two cases where Queen Mary Hospital deceived him. “Actually, the most disappointing thing is that after so many suspected concealment and deception incidents happened, they pushed everything away whenever the incident happened. inadvertently," and no one has ever been held accountable for their dishonesty.
Zhou Tianyu's father also made public the Hospital Authority's response to Queen Mary Hospital's handling methods on January 6, mentioning that it was not ideal for the hospital to explain Tianyu's case to the family nearly half a year after the incident. There is room for improvement in communication with family members, and I apologize for that.
He believes that the Hospital Authority has only played the role of a "messenger" in the incident, relaying information from both parties, "I don't know if this is called ineffective supervision, it must be medical care." He believes that the Hospital Authority's irresponsible attitude has some Negative public expectations.
As someone who has experienced medical accidents, I really understand how much pain and harm the family members suffer. If the hospital involved refuses to tell the truth about the incident, it will continue to shirk responsibility, quibble, conceal, etc. afterwards. Tired family members spend their remaining energy to search for evidence and investigate, which is tantamount to sprinkling salt on the wound, which is a secondary injury.
Zhou Tianyu's father
Tianyu was diagnosed with the fourth stage of "rhabdomyosarcoma" in 2018. On May 21, 2020, she had a medical accident during the operation at Queen Mary Hospital. Her heart stopped for 52 minutes and she became a vegetable.
Tianyu's father accused the hospital of many mistakes, including delaying Tianyu's blood transfusion for 48 minutes, and criticized the hospital and the Hospital Authority for refusing to respond because the incident had entered legal proceedings.
▼ On December 13, Tianyu's face suddenly became red and swollen and was transferred to the Children's Intensive Care Unit▼
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