Hospital denies delaying treatment of fatal accident victim
Hospital staff were accused of refusing to put the patient on a ventilator as advised by the doctor because they “wanted to make the necessary memo slips first.”
11 Jun 2018, 9:00 AM
The state-run Hulhumalé hospital has denied delaying treatment for a 24-year-old accident victim who died Saturday night.
The hospital became the target of public outrage after a man who was at the emergency room alleged in a viral Facebook post that staff had refused to put the patient on a ventilator as advised by the doctor.
Hospital staff “wanted to make the necessary memo slips first” but there was no identification on the victim, who was walking home when he was hit by a speeding motorbike.
Nurses kept using a manual resuscitator for about an hour while his photo was posted on Facebook in the hopes of reaching a family member, the witness recounted.
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