The case in summary At the end of January, a small child in Vestland died in an ambulance on the way from emergency room to hospital. The police have now questioned several people connected to the hospital, emergency room and ambulance in connection with the death. A doctor is suspected of breaching the Health Personnel Act after the incident. So far, no one has been charged in the case. The state administrator has opened supervision after the death. The child’s family is in deep grief and wants peace. According to the doctor’s defender, he is cooperating to get the case clarified. The summary is made by an AI service from OpenAi. The content is quality assured by news’s journalists before publication. On the night of 24 January, the police received a report that a small child had died on the way to a hospital in Western Norway. The child was then being treated by health personnel. Social assistance lawyer Elisabeth Rød tells news that the family wants as much peace as possible. – What is now important for the family is that the case is taken seriously and that the police do a thorough job, she says. – When it comes to sudden and unexpected deaths, there is a low threshold for opening a case, says police attorney Øyvind Bore. news wrote at the weekend that a doctor is suspected of breaching the Health Personnel Act after the incident in Western Norway. According to Bore, several others have been questioned in connection with the death. Assistance lawyer Elisabeth Rød says the family wants peace. Photo: Erik Waage The police gather information Both doctors and personnel connected to hospitals, emergency rooms and ambulances are questioned. – At this stage we are collecting information, and at the present time we have no basis to say that anyone has acted in a criminal or reprehensible manner, underlines Bore. So far, no one has been charged in the case. But those most closely involved have been given the status of suspects in connection with the investigation. – The police are looking more closely at the problem solving that has been in connection with the incident, and questioning those who have been involved. In addition, we collect documentation, such as journals and logs, from the health care provider. I will further present this to the State Administrator in Vestland. Act on healthcare personnel A Norwegian law on healthcare personnel and businesses that provide healthcare in Norway. A general professions act, the purpose of which is to contribute to safety for patients, to quality in the health and care service, and to give confidence in health personnel and the health and care service. Makes demands on the exercise of a profession, including the duty of confidentiality, the duty to report and document, and the duty to provide emergency assistance. Also has rules about reactions to breaches of the law. Source: Statutory data Was notified by the municipality The state administrator has opened an inspection after the death. – The state administrator is familiar with the case, and this is clearly a case that is being followed up by the supervisory authorities, said the county doctor at the state administrator in Vestland, Sjur Lehmann, to news at the weekend. The municipality’s health and care services notified the Norwegian Health Authority in connection with the incident. – Now our primary task is to take care of the relatives. Through, among other things, colleague support, we also take care of the health personnel who have been involved, says the municipal manager for health and care in the municipality to news. According to the doctor’s defender, lawyer John Lode Roscoe, he is cooperating to get the case clarified. – This case is very tragic. Not least for the child’s family, but also for the healthcare personnel involved, says Roscoe. Around 25 children under the age of four die suddenly and unexpectedly each year in Norway, according to Oslo University Hospital. Accidents and deaths as a result of external circumstances are not included in these statistics. Hello! Do you have any thoughts after reading this case, or would you like to advise us about similar or other cases? Send me an email.
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Several police questioning after unexpected child deaths in an ambulance in Vestland in January – news Vestland
