Police in Satu Mare have opened a manslaughter case in the case of a 15-year-old student who died a week ago at the emergency department of the Satu Mare District Hospital. The parents of the teenage girl complained to the local media that they have doubts about the death of their daughter Stefania, because the girl got to the emergency department on her feet.

“Police officers from the Satu Mare District Police Inspectorate have opened criminal proceedings for involuntary manslaughter (suspicious death) in the case of a 15-year-old minor who died on January 18 at the Satu Mare District Hospital – UPU Investigations Department. All the circumstances surrounding the incident are being established “, IPJ Satu Mare reports, reports Agerpres.

The 15-year-old’s parents say they don’t want to blame anyone for nothing, but are looking for answers because they can’t explain how their daughter arrived at the emergency room smiling and died an hour later, PresaSM reports. publication.

They insist that Stefania had no other health problems.

“All I can say is that I carried our daughter inside on my legs, smiling inside. And then I brought her home in a coffin,” said the girl’s father.

Stefania first felt unwell on Monday, January 16, and went to the family doctor with her mother, but no diagnosis was made after a lung x-ray and a flu test, which came back negative. Both went home with a referral to an ENT consultation scheduled for January 25.

Stefania was abandoned and insulted by the doctor on duty, the young woman’s mother accuses

On Wednesday, January 18, Stefania became unwell and arrived at the emergency department of Satu Mare District Hospital, where she was rushed and insulted by the doctor on duty, who told her she was “obese and hysterical,” her mother claims. – interview for TV 1 Satu Mare.

• “The UPU doctor asked him to undress. I took off her shirt, but the girl was shy to take off her bra. I told the girl to go to counseling.
• Then the doctor scolded me that the girl was obese and hysterical, in raised tones. Then the EKG came and I asked him what it could be. And the doctor said to be quiet.
• Then the doctor told me that she has diabetes and will be hospitalized. In the last minutes, you can hear the girl calling her obese and hysterical… I can’t live with those words (…) Then a gentleman came up to me and told me that the girl was in intensive care and not to get my hopes up too much.” – said Stefania’s mother.

The hospital management started an investigation

The investigation in this case was also opened by the management of the hospital.

• “We, together with the family of the minor R.K.S., who died in the reception department on January 18, 2023, express our deepest condolences, note that all necessary measures have been taken to analyze this case from a medico-legal point of view, professionally. and ethically by separate specialized commissions, including the College of Doctors, in order to identify possible errors or deviations from practical norms and ethical and deontological behavior.
• After the completion of these steps, all measures resulting from the current legal norms will be applied immediately,” the hospital management said.

The reaction of the hospital authorities came after the girl’s parents told local media that they do not understand how the death happened, as the girl herself went to the emergency room.

Detailed information about Satu Mare Emergency Hospital

The young woman died after suffering a second cardiorespiratory arrest due to breathing problems, officials at the Satu Mare District Hospital said.

• “On January 18, 2023, at 3:21 p.m., a 15-year-old minor with signs of cardiorespiratory failure came to the UPYU: weakness, pallor, tachycardia, blood oxygen saturation of 88%. She was admitted by the emergency team and intubated, the first examinations indicated an acute heart attack and suspected pulmonary embolism, so thrombolysis was performed.
• Despite the concerted efforts of the multidisciplinary team (pediatrician, cardiologist, resuscitation) to maintain vital functions, the general condition of the patient changes rapidly, which leads to resuscitation arrest of the cardiorespiratory system.
• Approximately 30 minutes later, at 7:10 p.m., death occurs as a result of a second cardiorespiratory arrest, unfortunately this time non-resuscitative,” the Satu Mare District Hospital said.

The local press also writes that the medical staff of the hospital, in an anonymous message shared on Facebook, accuses the doctor who admitted Stefania to the UPU of being “absolutely ruthless, insolent and rude.” What is really serious is the attitude of the executioners towards the patients who are in need and suffer,” – reports Jurnal de Satu Mare.

On Thursday, January 26, from 18:00, a protest action is planned in front of the UPU of the Satu Mare District Emergency Hospital “in memory of Stefania and other humiliated and abused people”, according to the local press.