Children could die when doctors prescribed too strong medicine

Children could die when doctors prescribed too strong medicine

After several incidents, a paediatrician, from Haninge, lost his medical license. The doctor had, on several occasions, been very unskilled in his work, the Health Care Responsibility Board (HSAN) said.

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The doctor lacked competence

The doctor had made several serious mistakes and lacked essential skills for his role.

In the Health and Medical Service’s report, which News24 taken note of, it states, among other things, that: “the background to the report is perceived concern about NN’s competence. The concern is shared by several professional groups such as doctors, nurses, medical secretaries and managers”.

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Almost killed a child – got the units of measurement wrong

In one of the incidents, the doctor came close to killing a child. The doctor “got the measurement units mmol and ml wrong” and prescribed a dose of painkiller that was eight times too high for the child.

The child would probably have died if he had taken the dose, writes the Health and Medical Service’s responsibility committee in its report.

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Losing the doctor’s ID

The doctor is judged to have an “almost total inability to act in, for paediatricians, fairly basic emergency situations”, writes HSAN. Now the doctor has lost his medical license.

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