Many medical incidents are due to professional errors.

Many recent medical incidents have been attributed to professional errors. That is why society is particularly concerned about the quality of training and clinical practice in newly licensed schools.

The patient's life depends on the skills and ethics of medical staff.

Swing on patient health

One of the latest cases is the death of a mother and her child, Vo Thi Duyen (33 years old, residing in Cam My district, Dong Nai). On the afternoon of November 30, the Dong Nai Provincial Department of Health’s professional council concluded that the cause of death for the newborn baby was asphyxia in the uterus, while Ms. Duyen died due to amniotic fluid embolism.

On November 17, Ms. Duyen went into labor and was taken to Cam My District General Hospital by her family. The family was shocked when the doctor announced that the baby had died of suffocation. About an hour later, the hospital announced that Ms. Duyen had also passed away. According to the conclusion of the provincial Department of Health, the doctor did not predict that the fetus was too large, so when the baby was born, the baby got stuck in the shoulder and suffocated. The baby died due to a professional error, but the doctor was not considered negligent in terms of procedures or service attitude, so the department directed to learn from experience and downgrade the performance of the on-duty team.

Many patients believe that professional errors are partly the fault of the medical team because they are not properly trained. The incident that happened in Dong Nai recently shows that. On the afternoon of November 19, a 26-month-old boy named NKN (living in Dong Nai province) was taken to Dong Nai Children's Hospital for emergency treatment. The doctor performed an ultrasound and diagnosed the baby with a tumor in the groin area that turned into an "inguinal hernia" and ordered surgery. When opening the baby's abdomen, the doctors were shocked that the real cause of the symptoms of fever and pain near the groin was not intestinal prolapse as previously diagnosed, but a pus-filled abscess measuring about 2x3cm in the groin area.

In another case, on September 25, Mr. Tran Quang Cam (48 years old, living in Hoi An, Quang Nam) died of blood infection. A few days before, Mr. Cam went to Hoi An General Hospital for surgery on a small tumor in his leg. On September 21, he had a high fever, the doctor diagnosed him with pulmonary tuberculosis and recommended transferring him to Pham Ngoc Thach General Hospital (Tam Ky district, Quang Nam). However, this hospital said that Mr. Cam had blood infection from the wound on his leg that had just been operated on, so he continued to be transferred to a higher level for treatment at Quang Nam Regional General Hospital. Then, on September 25, the patient died.

Even in Ho Chi Minh City, there is a story of “the doctor said it was pharyngitis, but then the child died of… hand, foot and mouth disease”. That is the case of the 8-month-old baby girl of Ms. Tran Thi Van (34 years old, living in Tan Phu district, Ho Chi Minh City). On September 20, 2014, after three days of high fever that did not go down, her family took her to Children’s Hospital 2 for examination. The doctor diagnosed acute pharyngitis and sent her home. Just over 6 hours later, the baby passed away in the pain of her family and neighbors. Children’s Hospital 2 later took partial responsibility for this case.

Inadequate training

The reality is that for many years, there has been a big difference in the entrance requirements for medical and pharmaceutical training between public and non-public schools. A leading professor of medicine was shocked to hear that the entrance requirements for medical training at a non-public school only required 15 points. According to this professor, after graduation, students will also be known as doctors, which is a very dangerous job.

Similarly, it is easier to enter health majors and groups at intermediate and college levels when only needing to meet the minimum score required by the Ministry of Education and Training to receive admission. In particular, at intermediate level, many schools accept students who only need to graduate from grade 9, study for 3 years; students who have graduated from grade 12 study for 2 years; students who have not been recognized as high school graduates (failed to graduate from grade 12) study for 2 years + 3 months...

Associate Professor Dang Van Phuoc, principal of the Faculty of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City National University, said that medical training is one of the most difficult professions because it is related to human health and life. Therefore, medical students must first of all be good, knowledgeable, and ethical, so the entrance requirements need to be tightened. Mr. Phuoc gave an example that in some countries, after choosing a high entrance requirement, the medical training process must also meet many factors such as studying a full program, good and modern facilities, and internships in the right field of expertise... "In addition, they also have a test for new students to see if they are suitable for the medical profession or not because many students enter the medical profession mainly because of income or because their families force them to...", Mr. Phuoc said.

According to tienphong.vn