Police in Bahra city rescued a doctor from the enraged relatives of a Saudi patient who allegedly died because of a medical mistake on Wednesday night, Al-Madinah newspaper reported.
Normally, we just sue for malpractice. I guess it's a cultural difference... | The doctor mistakenly gave the 20-year-old patient two shots of an unknown substance instead of oxygen in an asthma emergency.
Needle... Oxygen mask... Yeah, I guess I can see how you'd confuse the two. | When Fayez Abdullah Al-Mabadi, a high school student, suffered a small asthma attack on Wednesday night, his brother Musfer took him to a nearby clinic to give him oxygen as they had done in the past. According to the brother, the doctor insisted on giving Fayez two shots in the arm instead of oxygen. He lost consciousness soon after. âI asked the doctor to do something to save my brotherâs life,â Musfer said. âHe told to me to be quiet. When the doctor saw that there was no hope, he asked me to take my brother to another hospital. He then left the room with the nurses and locked himself inside his office and called the police. We tried very hard to save my brotherâs life but there was no ambulance at the clinic to transfer him. He died even as the doctor remained locked up in the adjacent room.â
The words "incompetent fuck" spring to mind... | An eyewitness, Fayea Al-Bagamy, who was taking his sick daughter to see a doctor, confirmed the story of the two shots. âThe doctor threatened the victimâs brother and then escaped with his medical crew, leaving the young man to fight death alone,â Fayeh said. More than 20 police cars and emergency forces arrived on the scene to prevent dozens of the deceasedâs relatives from entering the clinic and retaliating against the doctor. Residents of Bahra city also surrounded the clinic to complain about several cases of incompetence negligence. Fahd Al-Harthy, another resident, said that the clinic was responsible for the death of five other people; the last case was a patient with a throat infection during Ramadan. The clinic and its owner have never been held accountable and all complaints are ignored. The police are still guarding the clinic in case of a possible attack from relatives of the victim. |