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NEWBORN BORN COMATOSE DUE TO ALLEGED NEGLIGENCE BY DOCTOR DIES
epress.am
09.05.2011 12:29
The child born Aug. 14 in the town of Vayk in southern Armenia then
moved to a Yerevan hospital and who was in a coma since its birth
has died, reports youth civil initiative "We won't be silent."
As reported previously, the group disseminated a video in which
relatives of 20-year-old, first-time mom Armine Torosyan describe
what they call carelessness and negligence on the part of head of
the maternity ward in Vayk, Metaxya Hovhannisyan.
Later, head of the RA Ministry of Healthcare's public relations
department Shushan Hunanyan told Epress.am that a group from the
ministry had gone to the hospital to assess the child's condition.
Furthermore, Epress.am learned that Vayots Dzor marz (province) police
were gathering material for an investigation to look into the claims
of negligence.
Torosyan's relatives say the mother-to-be felt contractions on Aug. 14
so they took her to the Vayk hospital, only to be told to delay the
birth as Hovhannisyan, the head of the maternity ward, was tending
to household errands (beating wool for blankets and the like) and
would call on the family in the evening.
"Our bride [a common term to refer to a daughter-in-law or
sister-in-law] had a normal pregnancy - she didn't have any problems.
It's because of Metaxya that our child has been in a coma for 15 days.
The doctors say he had a accumulation of blood in.. his brain; they
say he can't be saved. It's just that the child's heart is healthy;
he's still alive; we don't know what will happen. During the labor,
Metaxya told us go get string, it costs 4,000 drams that string -
but what was that string supposed to do if there are no stitches
on our bride? She pocketed that string. Then she said go bring oil
for an enema, she used one drop. She put that too in her purse,"
said Tsovinar Khachatryan, the sister of Torosyan's mother-in-law,
seen in the video below.
epress.am
09.05.2011 12:29
The child born Aug. 14 in the town of Vayk in southern Armenia then
moved to a Yerevan hospital and who was in a coma since its birth
has died, reports youth civil initiative "We won't be silent."
As reported previously, the group disseminated a video in which
relatives of 20-year-old, first-time mom Armine Torosyan describe
what they call carelessness and negligence on the part of head of
the maternity ward in Vayk, Metaxya Hovhannisyan.
Later, head of the RA Ministry of Healthcare's public relations
department Shushan Hunanyan told Epress.am that a group from the
ministry had gone to the hospital to assess the child's condition.
Furthermore, Epress.am learned that Vayots Dzor marz (province) police
were gathering material for an investigation to look into the claims
of negligence.
Torosyan's relatives say the mother-to-be felt contractions on Aug. 14
so they took her to the Vayk hospital, only to be told to delay the
birth as Hovhannisyan, the head of the maternity ward, was tending
to household errands (beating wool for blankets and the like) and
would call on the family in the evening.
"Our bride [a common term to refer to a daughter-in-law or
sister-in-law] had a normal pregnancy - she didn't have any problems.
It's because of Metaxya that our child has been in a coma for 15 days.
The doctors say he had a accumulation of blood in.. his brain; they
say he can't be saved. It's just that the child's heart is healthy;
he's still alive; we don't know what will happen. During the labor,
Metaxya told us go get string, it costs 4,000 drams that string -
but what was that string supposed to do if there are no stitches
on our bride? She pocketed that string. Then she said go bring oil
for an enema, she used one drop. She put that too in her purse,"
said Tsovinar Khachatryan, the sister of Torosyan's mother-in-law,
seen in the video below.