A succession of errors led to a patient, who was still recovering from anesthesia and surgery, being abandoned on an empty floor without supervision or medical assistance for hours, Radio-Canada has learned.
Posted: Feb 21, 2023 11:27 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours agoThe incident occured at Fleury Hospital, in Montreal's north end, on the night of Feb. 3, several Radio-Canada sources learned.
A co-ordinator went to the operating room but was unable to find the patient there. Still, no one activated a code yellow to signal that the man was missing.The patient, who was recovering from anesthesia, woke up about two hours later, around 3 a.m., with no one around. In a gown, without a cell phone, he found the strength to go to the nurses' station, but no one was there.The man then called his wife to come get him, and the couple decided to leave the hospital.
What type of operation the patient underwent is not yet known, but the CIUSSS said the surgery was related to the upper body., says patients are usually in much more vulnerable positions, which could have made this case "much more serious." "This type of incident hardly ever occurs and we will do everything necessary to prevent it from happening again," Giguère said.
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