Bodø municipality is fined for breaching the Health Personnel Act – news Nordland

The municipality is punished with a fine, while the case is dropped for health personnel who have had suspect status in the case. After one death at a nursing home in Bodø municipality in July 2021, the nursing home’s review of the drug accounts revealed that large doses of morphine had been mistakenly given to the care patient before the death. It is not known how Bodø municipality will respond to the proposal. news has not been able to get a comment from the municipality. The situation was reported to the police, who launched an investigation to clarify whether the municipality or health personnel had acted in such a way that it gave grounds for criminal action. On the occasion of the investigation, employees at the nursing home and other persons with information on the case have been questioned, documentation obtained and assessments obtained from medical expertise in the National Health Inspectorate. Corporate penalty for Bodø municipality – The police proposed to the state prosecutors that Bodø municipality should impose a corporate penalty as sufficient routines had not been drawn up and implemented in the business to ensure correct medication with A preparations, the police write in the press release. The state prosecutors have agreed with the police’s assessment and have asked the police to issue a summons of NOK 200,000 against Bodø municipality. – After reviewing the case, the state attorneys find it right to accept the National Health Inspectorate’s and the police’s assessment that there has been a marked deviation from the requirement for professionally sound business management, which provides the basis for a corporate penalty against Bodø municipality. That’s what Acting State Attorney Jørn H. Bremnes says. The state prosecutors have also agreed with the police and the National Health Inspectorate’s assessment that there is no basis for criminal liability for the health personnel involved, and the case has been dropped for these three.



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