Officials unaware as 4 die on drips
By Wang Qingchu |
December 29, 2011, Thursday
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FOUR people have died in the past 18 months after being placed on intravenous drips in an east China village clinic - without the authorities being aware of the deaths.
The clinic, in Maozhuang Village in Anhui Province, was revealed to have settled compensation with victims' families privately, China Youth Daily reported yesterday.
This resulted in the local government being kept completely in the dark.
On December 21, Zhang Zhonghua, aged 66, passed out while on a glucose drip in the clinic and later died, the latest in a series of fatalities.
No health officials visited Zhang's family to probe the incident, reported the newspaper.
"If a medical dispute happens in the village, the two sides usually negotiate and reach a compensation settlement. No official investigates the accident and no one cares about it," a villager told the newspaper.
The clinic is licensed and recognized by the local health authority, and its director, Wang Anhu, has 20 years' clinical experience. Wang reportedly told Zhang's family the death was not down to medical malpractice and could only offer a settlement of between 20,000 yuan (US$3,162) and 30,000 yuan.
They lodged a complaint with the village government and called police. The family are awaiting a response.
It has since emerged that in the past 18 months a one-year-old boy and two women have died after being placed on an IV drip at the clinic.
The women's families received compensation of 70,000 yuan and 110,000 yuan, the report said.
Qian Cheng, the village's deputy Party chief, said he had only recently been transferred there and was unaware of the incidents.
Hao Yali, an official with the local health authority, told the newspaper there were plenty of medical accidents leading to deaths, even in big hospitals.
"Patients either recover or get transferred to other hospitals or die after being admitted to the hospital. It's normal if any of these three outcomes happens," Hao added.
Liu Yinglong, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, called for extensive training programs and tighter supervision of village clinics.
The clinic, in Maozhuang Village in Anhui Province, was revealed to have settled compensation with victims' families privately, China Youth Daily reported yesterday.
This resulted in the local government being kept completely in the dark.
On December 21, Zhang Zhonghua, aged 66, passed out while on a glucose drip in the clinic and later died, the latest in a series of fatalities.
No health officials visited Zhang's family to probe the incident, reported the newspaper.
"If a medical dispute happens in the village, the two sides usually negotiate and reach a compensation settlement. No official investigates the accident and no one cares about it," a villager told the newspaper.
The clinic is licensed and recognized by the local health authority, and its director, Wang Anhu, has 20 years' clinical experience. Wang reportedly told Zhang's family the death was not down to medical malpractice and could only offer a settlement of between 20,000 yuan (US$3,162) and 30,000 yuan.
They lodged a complaint with the village government and called police. The family are awaiting a response.
It has since emerged that in the past 18 months a one-year-old boy and two women have died after being placed on an IV drip at the clinic.
The women's families received compensation of 70,000 yuan and 110,000 yuan, the report said.
Qian Cheng, the village's deputy Party chief, said he had only recently been transferred there and was unaware of the incidents.
Hao Yali, an official with the local health authority, told the newspaper there were plenty of medical accidents leading to deaths, even in big hospitals.
"Patients either recover or get transferred to other hospitals or die after being admitted to the hospital. It's normal if any of these three outcomes happens," Hao added.
Liu Yinglong, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, called for extensive training programs and tighter supervision of village clinics.
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