Four of the six patients who suffered an eye infection last year at the University Medical Center Utrecht became blind in one eye. They held liable academic hospital. Which confirmed the UMC, after reports of research Zembla.
The hospital has offered four patients ,, financial compensation '. ,, However, patients must live with the consequences of the infection. The financial contribution may help to alleviate that suffering, '' said the hospital. The amount of this fee and whether the patients consent to this is not known.
UMC had to close two operating rooms last year, after patients had suffered serious eye infections. The cause of the inflammation is unknown according to the hospital. The Health Inspectorate (Inspectorate) does a search for.
surveillance
Utrecht hospital earlier this year put under surveillance by the inspection. Therefore, the Inspectorate held UMC already closely watched, following a number of serious medical errors in the departments ear, nose and throat (ENT) and head and neck surgical oncology (HHCO).
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