This matter below was published in January, 2014, but the problem wasn’t
solved. It seems be worse now…
9th Frebuary, 2015 - In the city of Vitória da Conquista, Bahia state, a
child was born on the bench of reception hall in the maternity hospital. The
scene was recorded by cell phone.
Geisa Nascimento, hairdresser
This woman, a hairdresser who was to visit a friend,
did the parturition because didn't have any doctor there. In this same day,
others two babies were born on the reception hall and one died because the mother
didn’t have medical attendance.
Antônio Lúcio Santos, witness: “In my life I never saw a treatment
so terrible to the human being, a treatment as horrible as was this treatment!”
For over one week the women didn't find obstetric
doctors in this hospital from Vitória da Conquista, that is considered a model
hospital.
See video on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=38&v=JumRMuwJ3ZM
MAN DIE WHILE WAS WAITING THE MEDICAL ATTENDANCE IN
THE HOSPITAL OF MINAS GERAIS STATE
Lucio Gonçalves Pereira
17th March, 2015 – Belo horizonte, capital of Minas Gerais state - The man
had a crisis of hight blood pressure and the rescue took an hour and a half to
arrive. Lucio Gonçalves Pereira, 57
years old, died near his home while was waiting for ambulance of SAMU, the
urgency medical service.
Cleide Regina, nursing technician
“The SAMU delayed very much to arrive. If it had
arrived fast, he had survived.”
According the relatives, Lucio didn’t had cardiac
problems, but he began feel himself very bad, then he went to a drugstore check
his blood pressure. Going back to his home, he had a crisis and fell on the
street.
Natanael Prudêncio, owner of drugstore
“I checked his blood pressure and it was 20/11. I
asked to him wait but he didn’t wait.”
The Municipal Office of Health by statement said that
the ambulance broke on the way and a second ambulance was sent.
“The ASU 2 (Advanced
Support Unit 2), which went to the place, it had a mechanical problem in the
Road Ring, already near to the place. Another unit (ASU 4) was sent to
substitute it.”
Felipe Prado, doctor cardiologist: “In 15 minutes after the crisis, the victim
could be saved with the right treatment.”
Source: R7 News - http://noticias.r7.com/fala-brasil/videos/homem-morre-a-espera-de-atendimento-em-hospital-de-minas-gerias-17032015
TEEN DIES AFTER REQUESTING A DIAGNOSIS FOR HERSELF IN
HOSPITALS OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL STATE
Juliana Batista dos Santos
17th March, 2015 - Osório city, Rio Grande do Sul state - Juliana Batista dos Santos, 14
years old, fell in the school and spent six days in search of medical care.
After several visits to different hospitals, tests revealed that she had a
kidney infection, which became widespread by lack of treatment, and she died
hours later.
Ana Maria dos Santos, the Juliana’s mother “The doctor said that it isn’t nothing
grave… he ordered to her to rest... he ordered to me care her... she would rest
and would stay better."
Dr. Flavio Silveira Health Station
Juliane
was carried to a health station in Osório city, in the same day of the accident. As she had hight fever, the
doctor prescribed an analgesic to her and she was liberated. In the second day,
she came back to the same health station
with throat-ache and she went back to home feeling feber yet. In the third time
going to the health station, the girl was examinated with X-ray that don't
would have revealed none lesion, then she was discharged from health station.
As the pain don't stopped, Juliane went to the hospital of Osório, but was
discharged. she went fast to the
Hospital of Tramandaí city, where she
was discharged again.
Hospital of Osório
city, Rio Grande do Sul state
Juliane was already very debilitated when was brought
by her relatives to the Hospital of Tramandaí again. She was examinated on new
tests and waited all the morning for the results. In the afternoon a doctress
had diagnosed a kidney infection that would have been caused by the fall in the
school. Without treatment, the infection became widespread. After few hours,
the girl died.
“I think that was mistake of the doctors.”, said the
Juliana’s mother.
The management of the Hospital of Osório affirms that
the doctors acted rightly.
Francisco Moro, director of Hospital in Osório:
“The exams done at first here in the
Hospital of Osório didn’t reveal none disease.”
Josiane dos Santos, the Juliane’s sister: “We want justice… we want justice!”
Source:
R7 News - http://noticias.r7.com/jornal-da-record/videos/adolescente-morre-apos-busca-por-diagnostico-em-hospitais-do-rs-24052015
23th March, 2015 - São Paulo - The old man on the wheelchair screams with pain in
a waiting hall of a hospital in São Paulo. Below, scenes of the overloaded
waiting hall in the hospital.
The old man don’t resist and faints.
These
patients are waiting to pass in the screening of this public hospital from
southern zone, in São Paulo. They wait over 3 hours to get a register form,
just to wait further to get attendance.
Woman above: “We arrived here at 11:32 a.m. What time is it now?”
Reporter: “It’s
20 to 3 p.m.”
Woman: “Just
to get a register form, just to get a register form!”
Children, elders, pregnant, all these people
are sharing the same place. They grumble because the wait reaches over nine
hours in the Hospital of Pedreira city.
Leandro, 24 years old (picture above), waited one week
to have surgery. He suffered an accident by motorcycle and fractured the
clavicle and column. He said: “They know
that he need a surgery, but this is a hospital that don't have resource for
anything...” An anguishing waiting also for Juarez's wife. She suffered an
accident at work and broke her leg. Since eight days she wait a vacancy in the
surgery centre. She said: “They speak that we must wait more a week yet. We
don't know when the surgery will be done.“ But, according the officials from hospital, at least
70% of these patients have dengue disease.
This mother wait about 7 hours still her son be
attended. She said: “It’s an absurdity, sincerely… an absurdity!” In spite of
scenes, the State Office of Health said that persons don’t wait so time for
attendance.
DOCTORS RECKON PATIENTS IN CORRIDOR OF THE HOSPITAL
12th May, 2015 – Fortaleza, capital of Ceará state - There are so much stretcher in the corridors
of the biggest public hospital from Ceará state that doctors needed make a kind
of map for localize the patients. The indications show those who are near to
the refectory, or windows, either who is near the lobby. Pictures reveal that
in the municipal hospital there are patients in the floor of corridors. So, the
doctors decided count them daily, which was called “corridor – o - meter”,
published in the Internet about who is attended in the corridors.
Today, in the five
biggest hospitals of emergency and in the nine Quick Attendance Unit (UPA) from
Fortaleza almost 400 patients are in the corridors. The situation can be
observed in the people who need emergency attendance, and many times they end
up desisting after hours of wait, and anyone who need examination, interning
and surgery, faces the lack of basic materials.
Edimar
Fernandes, Director of Doctors’ Syndicate: “There
is surgeon, there is the anesthetist, but you don’t have the suture wire to sew
the surgery! Don’t have wire! Don’t have gauze to clean!”
This woman
waits for an X-ray examination to see if broke her leg. "They had scheduled the examination in 10 days' time",
said her accompanier.
Roberto
Cláudio, the Mayor of Fortaleza
Roberto Cláudio, the Mayor of Fortaleza, said that Municipal
hospital, which the patients are on the floor of the corridors, is overcrowded,
because it receives patients from other cities. "A hospital such as this
in São Paulo, in Rio de Janeiro, in Belo Horizonte naturally would attract
patients from the capital, from other cities and even from other states,
because it's a hospital of excellence."
Mayara
Pinheiro, the president of the Doctors' Syndicate
Mayara Pinheiro, the president of the Doctors' Syndicate criticized
the mayor's statement: "Characterize this anomaly, this aberration as a
normal situation and to say that these patients are receiving proper treatment
for their disease is at least an attitude that saddens us very much."
Yesterday the government announced the dismissal of the state health secretary.
Henrique Javi,
the provisional secretary of Public Healthy
Today, Henrique Javi, the provisional
secretary said that the situation is normalizing itself: "We have a super
demand, indeed, a super demand that causes us to have difficulty in some moments
in this whole situation... all patients who are within the state health system
today they are being attended.”
HEALTHY CHILDREN DIE IN FEW DAYS AFTER BIRTH IN A
PRIVATE MATERNITY HOSPITAL
Tamires, a mother
28th May 2015 - São Paulo - “I was already thinking, imagining when she would
have one year old, running across home... call me mother…” The daughter didn’t
arrive to the reformed house to shelter her. She died in the maternity
hospital. Tamires recorded one of
attempts for see the medical file of her daughter. The file is a right of the
family, and can’t be altered.
“It’s passing by
revision. They review everything for check a probable lack of any note”, said the manageress on video
above.
Karen Silva Mansosreitch, another mother
The first Karen’s
daughter died in the same medical clinic. This file above, without signature,
ask to the fellows the alteration on child’s medical record.
“It’s better do again
the nursing records“,
in the inscription above.
The couple went to the Justice for have access to medical record, but the documents delivered by hospital are documents of a boy! Their girl didn’t have any disease and she was ready to be discharged from the hospital.
“Testicle”- medical record of a boy
The pictures below show that left side of baby’s body
was totally purple. A finger was broken.
“I think that they
thrown down our baby”
- Karen’s husband
The reports are not just of these two mothers. There
are numerous families who denounce malpractice and medical errors. The
complaints range from baby death, loss of the uterus and until the mother's
death.
Master Clin Hospital and Maternity
The press tried converse either with Dr. Edson Sanchez, who is the
responsible, or the manageress, the
woman who appears on video, but both didn’t want speak. The denunciation was sent to the
Public Defender.
Artur Pinto Filho,
Prosecutor
Artur Pinto
Filho, Prosecutor, said: "I will immediately request
an investigation, a inspection of the Medical Regional Council from São Paulo
and of the Nursing Regional Council from São Paulo, and also the National
Health Surveillance Agency. Will be decided about a lawsuit to close the hospital
or a lawsuit to the hospital adjusts itself to the rules from Medical Regional
Council from São Paulo, the Nursing Regional Council from São Paulo and the
National Health Surveillance Agency." The hospital owner and a false
doctress were arrested in the Master Clin in 2010. Edson Sanchez had already
been investigated on suspicion of involvement in trafficking of babies.
Source: R7
news: http://rederecord.r7.com/video/bebes-saudaveis-morrem-dias-apos-o-parto-em-maternidade-particular-de-sp-538671790cf294a969a73898/
BOY DIES AFTER COMPLICATIONS IN SURGERY PHIMOSIS
15th June, 2015 - São Paulo -
Luiz Felipe, four years old, was
submitted to a surgery on 15 April 1992, in the HU - Universitary Hospital of
USP – University of São Paulo. Near the end of surgery, he began to wake up.
Then, the anesthetist applied more medication and left the room. The boy had a
reaction to general anesthesia and cardiac arrest. The medical team took too
long to perceive. The device that measures the heartbeat, called oximeter, was
off. "This device shows that patient are having a... that your heartbeats
are falling. This didn't happen. When the surgeon had perceived, Luiz Felipe
was already inert more than five minutes", said Rita, the Luiz Felipe’s mother. Asked about the equipment broken,
she said: " Yes, it was broken. According to the doctor, this equipment
was broken and he confirmed that already had asked the repair.”
Rita de Cássia de Souza, the mother, and her husband
Wellington, the father
Luiz Felipe, after surgery
Luiz Felipe had a severe brain injury and was left
with paralysis. The boy who loved playing football, stopped walking, talking
and had impaired vision. "The hospital was wrong because the equipment was
broken, but the doctor entered to surgery with the equipment don't working, and
he was absent at the time of surgery. Felipe stayed with the surgeon. The
anesthetist gave anesthesia and got out", said Rita.
“USP admits error and
dismisses anesthesiologist”
At the time the Hospital of USP - University of Sao Paulo
- acknowledged the error, opened an internal inquiry and dismissed the
anesthetist. In court the doctor claimed that left the surgery room to meet
another patient. He was sentenced by the courts to pay a fine. The University
was also sentenced, and about the oximeter equipment that was broken, tried to
defend himself.
Wilma Alves de Oliveira, attorney of Luiz
Felipe’s family, at that time
"At the time, they defended themselves very well.
They joined with experts in the area of anesthesia to say that even without the device - the
oximeter - the doctor could have done the surgery very well. It was proven that
the hospital didn't have technical resources that could give a support to keep
the boy's life, inclusive by the fact Oximeter don't work", said Wilma Alves de Oliveira, attorney of
Luiz Felipe’s family, at that time.
“Boy gets paralytic after surgery phimosis”
"It means, in this case maybe the surgery not
should have started, right? It’s possible, because the device was not working, the
anesthetist could have said 'I will not do it because the device doesn't work.'
But none of this was done", said Rita. During three years the family paid
all child's treatment with own money.
“The years passed. The people who helped us, who were
closer didn't see the unfolding of this process. They died. The Wellington's
father and Wellington's sister were the one who helped us a lot", said
Rita. Only in 1996 the university began to afford the treatment. It was too late for save him. Luiz Felipe died in
June of that year.
"It means, my son underwent surgery, which there
was medical error and he passed away, his death happened 19 years ago, but we
didn't receive what was our right or what we spent for a treatment that wasn't
our responsibility", said Rita. in
December 2013, the judge set the value of idemnity: 65 million Reais, despite
the family didn't demand idemnity for moral damages to justice.
Nevertheless, the USP appealed. Last month, in May,
the hospital contested the amounts spent by the family because of problems with
bills of sale. "This situation make you believe that you shall to wait.
The state need to appeal until the end and you shall to wait. Couldn’t be
different for the state? You are assisted by your state, you pay your taxes,
you pay your bills… and then, when you are needy, you shall to wait? " –
Said Rita.
Twenty years have passed so far, and should take
at least five more years till this action in justice finally comes to an end.
Only then comes the second part of the wait: to receive the value of idemnity
that Luis Felipe's parents have the right, they will face a long, long row of
people for whom the state owes money.
There are about 200,000 cases expecting payments only
here in São Paulo. The debt of so-called precatories in São Paulo is huge.
About 50 billion reais among payments of the city hall and state, including
public universities. In this list, the delay can reach to decades!
Maria Elisa Reis, specialist in public rights: "In this case of a boy who underwent surgery
of phimosis and left the room paralyzed and then died because complications,
it's considered a common case, as a person who only needs to receive a labor
debt."
"Today you have no specific ruling to treat this
list seriously, right? What happens is that was created a 'monster', which is a
endless list, with a very large accumulated debt, and that people who end up
spending years to have their cases tried, just to stay in a row waiting more
years to be able to receive their rights. So, the feeling of winning and don't
take is very frustrating", said Maria
Elisa Reis, specialist in public rights. In 2013 only ten persons
received the money that was their right, payed by the educational institution. “But, in these cases when the error is
recognized, I wonder that the university could not have negotiated a refund
directly with the family? No, because it is a public institution. This is part
of our Brazilian law all this way in the courts, preventing a friendly
conciliation. “Until the judiciary feels in a situation so... indelicate,
because as a judge, he cannot accelerate the sentence", said Wilma.
“October, 1992 - Boy’s examination is annexed to process – his family
wait aid from Hospital of USP since six months”
The case is so old that Miss Wilma, the lawyer who
defended the Luiz Felipe's parents for 20 years, moved of city and transferred
the case to another lawyer. Detail: The bureaucracy took almost a year to
publish his name in the records. Wilma gave up her fees. "It's hard to the
attorney who works day after day, say to the family that we won, but doesn't
know when will receive, and when you perceive, had passed 10, 15, 20 years and
the providence that was requested at the beginning, was not taken", said
Wilma. If he were alive, Luiz Felipe would be 27 years old today. Here at home
his mother still keeps the son's drawings, a way to remind Luiz Felipe forever.
A drawing by Luis Felipe
Five years after Luiz Felipe’s death, was Born his
sister Letícia. She said: "I would want have known him, because he would
be my brother, right? There's no way to describe... would be another part of
the family... would be different."
Letícia de Souza, 12 years old, the Luis
Felipe’s sister
"I will remember Luiz Felipe forever, but today I
remember his with this ghost of this thing that nobody resolves! I am quarreling and fighting.
I want my rights. It hurts much... it's worse because it has passed so much
time and it's falling by the wayside, and I lost a son!" – said Rita.
Source: R7 news: http://entretenimento.r7.com/hoje-em-dia/videos/pais-de-menino-morto-apos-erro-medico-lutam-na-justica-por-indenizacao-15062015
RESEARCH REVEALS THAT ALMOST 90% OF WORKS OF THE UPAs
(UNITIES OF READY MEDICAL ATTENDANCE) ARE DELAYED
“Construction of UPA
II – Queimadinha”
“Beginning of works:
July, 2012 – Finishing of works: June, 2013”
15th June, 2015 -
There was delay, there was no delivered works, there was of everything. This
UPA in Feira de Santana, Bahia state (photo) has wall, but don't have ceiling. The
work was stopped during one year, was resumed and now the forecast for finishing
is September, more than two years later than promised.
Graça Gomes, merchant woman
"At the time of election campaign everyone
appears, everyone is nice, just promises. In the need nobody will fulfill the
necessary ", Said Graça Gomes, a merchant woman. In Santa Bárbara do Oeste, São Paulo state, seen from the outside, looks
that UPA Santa Rita is ready, but it isn't. It was almost finished, just
almost.
UPA Santa Rita
- almost finished.
cracks, broken
windows...
...total forsaking
The construction company that began the work didn't
fulfill the contract. Now, when the UPA will work, no one knows. "Oh, this
is very irresponsible, very irresponsible, because it was to be ready a long
time!" – said Genilda da Paz,
retired. "For some time that it is
stopped, isn't it? the people from our neighborhood needs it, because often we
have to leave here to go there at the Medical Centre, which is ever overloaded
and very far." – said João Paulo do
Amaral, motoboy.
Genilda da Paz,
retired
João Paulo do Amaral, motoboy
43 municipalities were visited in all regions of the
country. 88% of UPAs weren't finished. The others UPAs were completed, but 76%
of these were finished further later the expected. For NGO Contas Abertas
(Exposed Accounts) there are a lot of reasons. "There is a problem of
management of the works itself, there is a problem of lack of equipment, there
is the problem of inadequate equipment purchases for that place, and there is
lack of doctors too. So, all these things makes you spend a lot of money and
time to finished these buildings and take too long to use them effectively."
– said Gil Castello Branco,
secretary-general of NGO Exposed Accounts.
Gil Castello Branco, secretary- general of NGO
Exposed Accounts
The Federal Audit Court also found UPAs that don't
work, and deteriorate in 6 among 10 states visited. "We found in some
cases some completed works that was not in operation, that there was not a due
process of surveillance and it was found that there was vandalism in these
works, with destruction of part of equipment. The Audit Court determined that a
monitoring process be adopted and also the reconstruction of that was
vandalized.” – said José Ulisses
Vasconcelos, secretary of infrastructure of the Federal Audit Court.
José Ulisses
Rodrigues Vasconcelos, secretary of urban infrastructure of the Federal Audit
Court
“Ministry of Health –
Construction of UPA – Total cost: 2,152 millions Reais – Federal budget: 2
millions Reais – Beginning: September, 2011 - Term to conclude: 10 months”
“Total cost of built:
1,540 millions Reais – Construction of UPA II”
The Audit Court also recommended to the Ministry of
Health to verify the UPAs that are still in the works, including sending
technicians to see the progress personally and asked to be more careful when
sending money, and requires the municipality show what has been done, because there
are at least one thousand proposals to construct new UPAs in the country, with
value almost 2 billion Reais. The Ministry of Health reported that provides
financial and technical support to states and municipalities for the
construction of UPAs, but the execution of the works is the direct
responsibility of the states and municipalities.
The Ministry of Health also said that has a system of
monitoring works, but the Audit court considered that Ministry of Healthy
doesn't monitor these works, despite investing money in them. The Secretariat
of Health from Feira de Santana, Bahia, said that the construction of that UPA
of Queimadinha is scheduled to finish in September. Already the prefecture of
Santa Barbara do Oeste reported that the contract was rescinded because the
company responsible wasn't accomplishing the schedule of works.
Source: G1
News: http://g1.globo.com/bom-dia-brasil/noticia/2015/06/levantamento-revela-que-quase-90-das-obras-em-upas-estao-atrasadas.html
UPAS ABANDONED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
31th January, 2014 - UPAs in Ponta Grossa, Paraná state - The unit was out of operation since it was inaugurated in
December, 2012. In April, 2014 it was not working yet. The UPA started to
operate in September, 2014 after one year and eight months closed. Cost: 2.5
million Reais.
facade with damaged ceiling
Araguaiana, Tocantins state - the construction of the UPA finished two and a
half years, but the prefecture said that lacks money to buy equipment and hire
professionals. The Ministry of Health allocated funds more than 2 million
Reais for the built.
infiltration and mould... …a forgotten generator
This UPA in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais state, costed 5 million Reais and was completed one
year ago. The equipments were almost destroyed when there was rainwater
infiltration into the emergency attendance area. The repair was made and the
operating is expected in March.
The UPA of Francisco Norato, São Paulo state, is ready
and closed a long time. Early, vandals broke into the building, destroyed
toilets and even took the electrical wiring. Municipal guards prevented new
depredations. The prefecture said the construction did not follow some
important rules and all the electric wiring was stolen. The project of a new
bid was sent to the Ministry of Health three months ago and the prefecture
awaits funds to the reforms. The Ministry of Health had already determined
deadline until March for the prefecture present the final documentation and
provide the operation of the service.
The UPA of Carapicuiba,
also in São Paulo state, began to be
constructed in 2010 and should have been finished a year later. None patient
was attended there. This UPA stands in one of the poorest neighborhoods in the
city. An ambitious project: In the external area will be installed a basis for
SAMU (Medical Attendance Service of Urgency by ambulances) from the region and
the main building will be a reference centre for quickly attendance, with
capacity to serve up to 400 people per day. But for now, the UPA only works as
a warehouse. The budget of this unit is 1.5 million Reais. The prefecture
claims that the construction company had abandoned the work, and informs that
asked a new bidding process to begin the operation of the UPA in March.
Luis Carlos da Silva, a community leader:
"So, empty truck comes here, they
take the machinery here for carry to other places, now I ask: Do they just come in and come out? So
it's only a warehouse. When will be the opening?"
Source: G1 News: http://g1.globo.com/bom-dia-brasil/noticia/2014/01/flagrantes-mostram-upas-fechadas-e-ate-abandonadas-em-todo-o-pais.html
“HORROR ON
PUBLIC HEALTH FROM CAXIAS:
OVER 100
CHILDREN DIE AFTER CHILDBIRTH”
Surce: Luís
Cardoso: http://luiscardoso.com.br/maranhao/2014/10/absurdo-mais-de-100-bebes-morrem-apos-o-parto-em-caxias/
“UPA (UNIT OF
QUICKLY ATTENDANCE) FROM DIVINÓPOLIS REGISTERS OVER 70 DEATHS
SINCE FEBRUARY
UNTIL APRIL IN 2015”
Surce: G1 News: http://g1.globo.com/mg/centro-oeste/noticia/2015/05/upa-de-divinopolis-registra-mais-de-70-mortes-entre-fevereiro-e-abril.html
“JUDICIAL
ACTIONS ABOUT MEDICAL ERRORS
INCREASED 140%
IN THE SUPREME COURT”
