SUSPICION OF THE CAUSES OF TWO DEATHS IN ČAČAK AFTER TONSIL SURGERY! Surgeries suspended, waiting for autopsy results
Following the death of four-year-old Ema, who passed away after a routine tonsil operation at the General Hospital in Čačak, a thirty-eight-year-old man from Niš also died yesterday at the same health institution. Minister of Health Zlatibor Lončar stated that the deceased patient did not have Serbian health insurance, but voluntarily registered for the surgical intervention, which he also paid for himself.
TL;DR
- A four-year-old child and a thirty-eight-year-old man died at the General Hospital in Čačak after surgical interventions.
- The Minister of Health stated the adult patient was not insured and paid for the procedure himself.
- Autopsies are pending, and all operations at the ENT department are temporarily suspended.
- Doctors from other hospitals have been brought in, and operations are being conducted by specialists from Belgrade and Kragujevac.
- Experts discussed potential complications such as laryngospasm and malignant hyperthermia during anesthesia.
- The importance of adequate communication with patients and families regarding surgical risks was highlighted.
- Some citizens expressed concern that issues may extend beyond the ENT department, citing a recent suicide case in the internal medicine department.