Tuesday at the end of the day, a 73-year-old woman died of a heart attack at the Reims hospital, while she was waiting for support since 2:30. A death that paramedics had feared for a while, due to the recent increase in emergency department wait times.
“The waiting times have dangerously lying for a year, with the implementation of new emergencies which were to revolutionize everything … But, the more things go, the more problematic it becomes: all this to the detriment of the health of the patient who finds himself held hostage “declares an ambulance driver in Reims on a daily basis the Union.
A death that would not be due to the wait
To believe the CHU, the death of the patient is not due to the waiting period because on her arrival, she had been diagnosed in a stable state. “Appropriate care was given to him when his condition worsened”, also let know the hospital which carried out an investigation.
“No dysfunction was noted, all people were at their posts and the chain of decisions was carried out properly. There were, unfortunately, four life-threatening emergencies to deal with along with the septuagenarian, who, in her arrival, had been diagnosed in stable condition, ”the hospital said in a statement.
Like many hospitals, the Reims University Hospital has to deal with an increase in the number of emergency rooms during school vacation periods.
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