A nurse is accused of causing the death of a patient in a hospital in the province of Entre Ríos and It is presumed that he would have provided him with a toxic substance.
After the death of the patient, The authorities of the Centenario Hospital where the events occurred on November 8, 2023, filed the criminal complaint.
While, The Ministry of Health of Entre Ríos decided to initiate an administrative summary to the nurse “because her conduct is allegedly subject to grounds for exoneration.”
As indicated, It all started from the story of another nurse, who said that the accused woman “had supposedly killed a patient named GMS, through the alleged supply of some toxic substance that would have caused her death and that she specifically and clearly describes” as having supplied “potassium chloride” to her. ”.
The complaining nurse said that when she left the room where the patient who later died was, she washed her hands and the suspect was in charge of bringing the gauze pads with water to the woman.
“I go to look for a reservoir mask for another patient and that is where I observe the following situation and am astonished: NAZ loads four 20 ml syringes. of potassium chloride and gauze with water, goes to the GMS patient’s room and delivers the syringes loaded with potassium chloride bolus by the AVC, which automatically produces a CPR (cardio respiratory arrest), the doctor on duty is called (Colina, Víctor), advanced CPR maneuvers are performed without response, Mrs. GMS dies at approximately 11:10 am “he commented.
Given the complaint, The nurse “was removed from the Pediatric Service where she performed duties.” and she was assigned to a place that does not require the supply of medications to patients (outpatient clinics).”
The internal investigation indicates that although the criminal complaint was made to the Public Prosecutor’s Office, at the moment “it is not observed that any crime has allegedly been classified”, but that “the complaint made is very clear” by the other nurse, “who would have witnessed what happened, so the facts must be determined as they were reported, and whether the mixture supposedly supplied by NAZ to the patient was suitable or apt to produce the patient’s death, which in itself constitutes a very serious fact. in the context of a public hospital.”
Meanwhile, the authorities of the Centenario Hospital ordered that the accused carry out her task “without having to medicate or provide medications to any patient (outpatient clinics); in principle, there should be no tension to any labor rights of the accused, nor danger to the patients or hospital staff.
