Scandal! She found her son tied to the bed in the hospital: Answer of the competent, it’s normal – Topky.sk

Denisa told her son’s story Diary of N. The little boy had to go to the hospital for the first time when he was less than a month old. But that was just the beginning. After health complications, the boy ended up in a hospital bed regularly for up to 1.5 years. The mother was always offered to stay with her son, but since she had two more children at home, she had to refuse.

However, she did not even have the opportunity to visit her son. Until the fateful day, when she secretly slipped on the ward at the hospital in Poprad, and a shocking look appeared behind the door of the room where her child lay. “It never occurred to me in a dream that they would tie his arms and legs. They only tied him with fabric on his slippers and his legs were stuck in them. He also had a band-aid attached to his face with a band-aid, ” quoted her words diary.

When the staff found out she was gone, he fired her and said she had nothing to do there. They also asked her why she untied the little slippers. They allegedly did not want the boy to pull out the infusion, although it was not given to him at the time, he only had a cannula.

They say it’s okay

Today, the boy is four years old and diagnosed with phobic anxiety disorder in childhood. She is afraid of doctors and hospitals when they go to the doctor, according to Denisa, her son does not eat or drink anything. During a normal blood draw, three must hold it. They didn’t take him to a normal kindergarten, he is supposed to go to a special school. It has delayed psychomotor development and reduced muscle tone. He still doesn’t talk and has anxieties. Autism has not been confirmed by genetic tests, so his mother is convinced that his problems are related to the trauma he took away from the hospital.

Denisa turned to the Office for Health Care Supervision in 2019. However, it did not find any mistakes. “In your complaint, you ask if it is OK that the infusion treatment is given in the ward with the child tied up. Our answer is yes, it’s okay and it’s in the interest of safe administration of the medicine and they always do it when the situation requires it and the child is not yet able to cooperate. “ their answer was heard.

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The nurse allegedly does not have the capacity to sit with the child when giving the infusion, and according to the pictures it is clear that the child was not traumatized in any way. They denied that this would affect the boy’s slower development. According to them, it may be due to increased morbidity.

No parent would allow it

However, Denisa was not satisfied with such an answer and complained again – this time to the Prime Minister, who was already Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) at that time. The matter went to the Ministry of Health and from there back to the table of the Health Care Supervision Office. However, their position has not changed.

The hospital in Poprad itself said that it welcomed the hospitalization of pediatric patients with an escort, because children respond better to treatment. The appropriate method of fixation is said to be chosen together with the patient’s guide. However, Denisa claims that they did not consult with her anything. “Certainly no parent would allow them to do so with his child,” she stated.

Source: TASR

The law did not pass

Vladimíra Marcinková (SaS club) was the first MP to draw attention to this incredible case from the Slovak healthcare environment. in your blog. In October, Marcinková did not pass an amendment to the law in parliament, in which she proposed the right of a minor to the presence of a parent in the provision of health care. Despite the fact that this right follows from international regulations, in practice it is often violated in our country.

“The helplessness of a parent who has a child’s illness is immense. The idea that he is somewhere alone, too. If he then finds his child fixed in bed without the possibility of movement, he will lose confidence in the system forever. a reply was requested as to whether these medical procedures were in use, and the Office’s reply was that they are, “ Marcinková wrote in a blog.

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“I don’t think we can be satisfied with such procedures, and we have to seduce this discussion, even though it’s uncomfortable and painful. But if the parent does not exercise the right to be with the child even if he or she is granted it, or if he or she cannot use it because he or she has several children and he or she is left alone for care. staff, but we also need to deal with it sensitively, “ she added.