Familitia accused the hospital of negligence and lack of medical assistance and says he will move forward with a complaint against ULS in Coimbra. It further argues that the The baby had vital signs when he was admitted to the hospital, information that the health unit denies.
Hospital rejects accusations of negligence and lack of medical assistance, justifying that previous tests were “within normality”, but upon arrival at the emergency room, on November 1st, “absence of fetal vitality” was detected.
Coimbra ULS reported that a pregnant at 37 weeks and 3 days, after an episode of bleeding at home, she was admitted on November 1st, at 10:29 pm, in the emergency department of the Dr. Daniel de Matos Maternity Hospital.
“It was a pregnant woman being followed at the Bissaya Barreto Maternity Hospital (MBB), with adequate surveillance and evolution”, says the institution, adding that the user had had a consultation on October 29, with complete clinical evaluation, ultrasound and cardiotocography, with all parameters within normal limits.
According to the ULS, when the pregnant woman arrived at the emergency room, it was decided to admit her, as well as to carry out complementary diagnostic tests, indicated in this context, with cardiotocography detecting “absence of fetal vitality, immediately confirmed by ultrasound”.
He adds that a cesarean section was performed, due to prior clinical indication due to pre-existing gynecological pathology, and that the “ultrasound and geneticist data confirmed signs of previous fetal death”.
“As protocoled in these situations, an anatomopathological study was launched, the results of which are awaited”, he adds.
ULS emphasizes that “the pregnant woman was duly informed of the situation and offered psychological support“.
According to the institution, the user reveals good postoperative evolutionremaining hospitalized and properly monitored.
“The Coimbra ULS expresses sincere empathy and solidarity with the mother and family”, it states in the response sent to SIC.
The news was initially released by who reported that, over the weekend, the woman felt unwell and was taken to the Daniel de Matos maternity ward, where she says the baby’s vital signs were fine, after being admitted there, but she would have been without any type of assistance and monitoring for a long time.
When she was seen again by the medical team, she was told that the baby was dead and she waited for several hours for them to remove him from her womb. After that, the pregnant woman had complications and went to the operating room this Monday, according to her sister Vera Carvalho.
