A healthy woman miscarried in the Bulovka hospital. They switched patients

A healthy pregnant woman who came for a routine check-up miscarried at Prague’s Bulovka University Hospital on Monday due to a mix-up of patients. According to CNN Prima News, both women were foreigners who live permanently in the Czech Republic. When asked by ČTK, the Ministry of Health said that it considers the event to be an inexcusable failure of the human factor. The hospital has apologized to the family and is ready to provide compensation to the patient, the culprits have already been suspended, said ministry spokesman Ondřej Jakob.

“The Ministry of Health was informed by the director of the hospital and the head of the gynecology-obstetrics clinic about the adverse event that happened at the Bulovka University Hospital on March 25 of this year. The Ministry of Health expresses its deep regret to the patient and the entire family. There has been an inexcusable human factor failure and the culprits are removed from service. “We will continue to be informed by FN Bulovka about the next steps towards the employees who made a mistake, and we will resolve the situation,” said Jakob.

According to CNN Prima News, the pregnant woman went to Bulovka for a routine check-up, while the doctors were supposed to perform a procedure on the other woman, a so-called curettage, which is performed, for example, in the treatment of a diseased uterus, but can also be used to terminate a pregnancy. However, the two patients were confused and the pregnant woman who came for a check-up had a miscarriage as a result.

“According to the findings so far, as a result of a serious violation and non-compliance with internal regulations by the employees concerned, an operation was started on an incorrectly identified patient,” Bulovka spokeswoman Eva Stolejda Libigerová told CNN Prima News.

The staff responsible for the mix-up is off duty, the hospital is investigating the incident. “In the event that a violation of binding work procedures is discovered as part of the current internal investigation, specific individuals will be held personally responsible,” the spokeswoman added.