Pregnant had baby on the walk. Ministry of Health admits human error

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Man who died waiting for help in Bragança lived 2km from VMER. It was almost an hour and a half waiting

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Pregnant had baby on the walk. Ministry of Health admits human error

A preliminary investigation of the Ministry of Health’s shared services (SPMS) found that a “human error” led to the 28 -year -old’s rescue call that had the street delivery not to be sent to INEM.

One Pregnant gave birth in the middle of the streetthis Monday morning, in the loaded, after being denied an ambulance by the SNS 24.

Soraiawho was 40 weeks and five days pregnant, he called the support line of the National Health Service when he began to feel the contractions, but instead of sending an ambulance, asked him to drive.

According to, it is a risk pregnancy, since the woman does not have a kidney.

At CM, Soraia’s mother says that, after the recommendation of the SNS 24 line, she decided to call 122: “I called to ask for help, but It took a lot of time to attend. Spoke in EnglishI was no longer realizing anything, ”said Isabel Moreira.

The delivery was eventually done in the middle of the ride, with the help of the pregnant woman, and only later did an ambulance appear. But -tells the -to the disbelief of the woman, the First ambulance to arrive at the scenealready after the baby was born, had the tire drilled.

Already in a second ambulance, the mother and baby were sent to the Hospital of Santarém.

Ministry of Health assumes human error

“According to the preliminary investigation requested by SPMS to the private operator of the SNS 24 line, There was a human error In the application of the screening and referral algorithm, leading to the call to have not been transferred to INEM-National Institute of Medical Emergency, ”reads the SPMS press release, released on Tuesday.

According to the statement, was requested to investigate the private operator of the SNS 24 line – Altice – to “gauge the success” in the case of the loaded pregnant woman, who eventually had the baby on the street, before an ambulance arrived at the scene.

The call made for the dedicated SNS line pregnant at 10:16 of August 11 “was answered by a nurse, in the space of 17 seconds”, adding the statement that “The screening process lasted about four minutes”, Which resulted in referral to Beatriz Ângelo Hospital in Loures,“ the health provider available in the information system ”.

According to SPMS, The call should have been renamed the INEM.

Contacted by Lusa, SPMS said he could no longer provide additional clarifications to advanced information in the statement, noting that the investigation continues and that all the people involved have not yet been heard.

The Minister of Health requested the General Inspection of Health Activities (IGAS) to open an inquiry process in this case.

Numbers presented by Correio da Manhã, indicate that, Since the beginning of the year, 48 babies have been born in fire ambulanceswith the support and help of the volunteers, in view of the closing contained in the hospital urgencies of gynecology and obstetrics services.

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