I'm
thankful that my father who voted for Obama and has said at times that
there is nothing wrong with Socialism, also lives in America. The
problem is that he is a very knowledgeable teacher, but his knowledge is
limited to things he knows about and he is arrogant. He thinks he
understands economics. He doesn't. I can't find work with Obama in
office and he attacks me for it. He blames the Republicans. I kept on
telling him not to drive. He took it as a personal attack. My mother
told him not to drive. He took that as a personal attack. Then one day
he rented FIAT (a company allowed to buy Chrystler by the Obama admin)
and it's modern dashboard and he got into a terrible auto accident. He
thinks the accident could of happened to anyone, but like usual he just
doesn't want to admit that his knowledge is limited to Shakespeare and
Theatre. Sometimes very smart people... like say the Linguist Noam
Chomsky for example, Think their expertise gives them wisdom beyond
their knowledge. The doctor who operated on my father said he was
difficult. I'm not surprised. I love my father, but when it comes to
economics, jobs and being a doctor... he doesn't know a thing. Thank G-d
they put him to sleep in America and not in Sweden where he thinks he'd
get taken care of better.
(news@thelocal.se)(thelocal.se )(h/t @CapFlowWatch)
A 72-year-old man having a tumour removed from his kidney died after
the chief anesthetist and nurse took a lunch break in the middle of the
surgery.
The incident, which took place at the Lidköping hospital, has prompted
stinging criticism from Sweden's National Board of Health and Welfare
(Socialstyrelsen).
The 72-year-old went under anesthetic at 10.45am on the day of the operation, which took place in January 2011.
At
noon sharp, the head anesthetist left the operating room to go for
lunch. Fifteen minutes later, the head nurse anesthetist also left the
patient and went for lunch.
No other anesthetist was called in to take over responsibility for the doctor who was on his lunch break.
And
while another nurse was brought in to cover for the nurse anesthetist,
the nurse who arrived came from the orthopedic ward and wasn't familiar
with the respirator to which the 72-year-old was attached.
Suddenly, the patient started hemorrhaging and his blood pressure started to drop, sparking a "chaotic" situation.
As
the patient's condition became critical shortly before 1pm, the
substitute nurse tried desperately to reach the lunching anesthetist,
but to no avail.
When the doctor and the primary nurse anesthetist
returned to the operating room, they discovered that the patient's
respirator had been turned off, leaving him without oxygen for
approximately eight minutes.
Despite immediately starting
resuscitation efforts, doctors were unable to revive the man, who had
suffered irreparable brain damage and died several weeks later.
The
man's daughter subsequently reported the incident to the health board,
which on Tuesday issued a harsh critique of the hospital's procedures.
"The
operational planning, which allowed for the responsible doctor and
nurse to take lunch breaks at the same time without any other doctor
taking responsibility for the patient, entails taking an unacceptable
risk," the agency wrote in its findings.
The agency also found
fault with the fact that the doctor wasn't reachable by phone, as well
as with the decision to hand responsibility for a high-risk patient with
a single nurse who lacked sufficient knowledge of the equipment in use
during the operation.
"The National Board of Health and Welfare
finds, however, that the operation's lack of organization as well as the
chaotic situation which occurred was the underlying causes behind the
misjudgments and insufficient care," the agency wrote.