Santos Silva Hospital, Vila Nova de Gaia.
Pregnant had gone to the scene two hours earlier, but was sent home. Child and mother are well.
A baby was born on the floor of the reception of the emergency Santos Silva Hospitalin Gaia, last Saturday, initially advanced this Monday. The mother will have been sent home two hours before delivery that already led the newborn’s father to file a complaint.
According to their father, the couple went to the hospital, warning that it should be a quick delivery, which was their third child and that previous deliveries had properly elapsed. Even so, they were asked to return homealthough the woman had frequent contractions. Upon returning to the emergencies shortly thereafter, the woman was already in advanced labor, with contractions every four minutes.
The father reports to RTP that they requested immediate assistance and a stretcher, but that the team’s response was slow, and brought only one wheelchair. THE child ended up being born at the receptionand the father says he hit his head on the floor.
After birth, mother and son were placed in a stretcher and taken to the emergency room and later to a delivery room where the delivery was completed. The baby underwent tests, including two TAC, and It is wellAlthough the exams should be repeated to ensure safety.
Hospital Deny Father’s Version
The hospital confirmed the birth at the reception, explaining that, when the pregnant woman’s first admission, at 4:30 pm, was not in the active phase of labor, making a sudden change in the clinical condition, even in multiparous pregnant women.
Considering the short distance between the woman’s residence and the hospital-less than 10 minutes-followed the usual procedure: return to home with indication to return in case of changes. When the woman returned to the hospital at 7:59 pm, the delivery occurred during the administrative admission process of just three minutes.
According to the clinical direction, mother and baby received the necessary care and were already discharged, but the Clinical Director does not confirm that the baby had hit his head on the floorcontradicting the version of the father.
“The team approached a few seconds,” said the clinical director of hospital care as: “There are situations that we could not control, but mother and child were promptly assisted,” says that “he cannot confirm” if the child hit his head, because he was not transmitted that “the child’s own father denied and said that he could hold the child so that he did not fall to the floor.”
The father filed a formal complaint to Santos Silva Hospital, the General Inspection of Health Activities (IGAS) and the Order of Doctors, denouncing a violation of protocols of assistance and medical ethics.
