Marko Died in Cacak Hours After This Photo: 'He Had Visitors After Surgery, But Then...'
Marko Mikić (38) died on the night between February 11th and 12th in the General Hospital in Čačak, after a routine tonsillectomy. His father, Slavoljub, spoke to Telegraf, opening his heart and recounting everything that happened in those fatal days.
TL;DR
- Marko Mikić, 38, died in Čačak General Hospital after a routine tonsillectomy.
- This is the second death at the hospital following a tonsillectomy within a week; a four-year-old girl also died recently.
- The Ministry of Health has sent an inspection team to the hospital, imposed temporary measures, and taken over management of the ENT department with doctors from UKC Serbia and Kragujevac.
- Marko's father, Slavoljub Mikić, claims his son had no pre-existing conditions other than throat issues and had undergone previous surgeries in Germany without complications.
- The father questions how his son died shortly after surgery, especially after a procedure to stop bleeding, and suspects an issue with anesthesia after the second anesthesia.
- The Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Čačak has ordered an autopsy and requested information from the police to determine the circumstances of the death.
- Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar called the events a 'warning' and promised that those responsible would be punished.