Title: Shocking Abortion Mix-Up: Wrong Woman Miscarries After Horrific Hospital Error
Subheading 1: Abortion Mix-Up: Wrong Woman Left Traumatized
DOCTORS have performed an abortion on a wrong woman who was four months pregnant after mistaking her for another patient. Medics have blamed the language barrier for the horror mix-up which left a foreigner with an unwanted termination of pregnancy.
Subheading 2: Tragic Procedure: Unintended Abortion Leaves Woman Traumatized
The four-month-pregnant woman had walked into the Bulovka University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic for a routine check-up on March 25. But instead of a regular examination, the unnamed mum had undergone a curettage – a surgical cleaning of the uterus – without consent or knowledge. The procedure is usually performed on women with gynaecological problems rather than pregnant patients, but sometimes can be used for abortion. The op was intended for another woman who was also a foreigner but the error went undetected by doctors, a gynaecologist, a nurse and an anaesthesiologist involved.
Subheading 3: Devastating Consequences: Wrong Woman Miscarries After Hospital Error
An anonymous source told Prahain.CZ that both women were of Asian descent and did not speak Czech well. They said: “It is a procedure that is ugly called a scraping. It is performed on women who bleed for a long time or have problems after childbirth and the like. For incomprehensible reasons, the two patients were swapped at the clinic and the poor woman’s child was scratched. As a result of the surgery, the woman miscarried.
Subheading 4: Investigation and Apologies: Hospital Responds to Tragic Abortion Mix-Up
The staff who carried out the procedure have been suspended and the investigation is underway. Aside from negligence, the error could be attributed to the language barrier, a health expert revealed. Jan Přáda, gynecologist and vice-chairman of the Czech Medical Chamber, mentioned that the patients must have been asked to present ID and the mum should have never even made it to the operating table. The hospital has apologised to the affected patient and her family, and is prepared to offer financial compensation.
Subheading 5: Legal Actions and Ministry Involvement: Hospital Admits Serious Error
The hospital has immediately notified the Health ministry of what they called “an undesirable event”. Ministry spokesman Ondřej Jakob expressed deep regret to the patient and the entire family and stated that the guilty parties have been removed from duty for the time being. The police are treating the incident as a case of bodily harm.