The father of little Amaya, whose heart stopped beating and couldn’t wait for a transplant in India, accused the crew of the foreign specialist plane and the company hired to transport them there of incompetence.
“From a company that we thought was a ‘saviour’, it turned out that we hired a ‘killer’ company,” writes Kaloyan Abrashev on his Facebook profile.
Amaya’s family plans to sue the company responsible for the medical transport.
According to Kaloyan Abrashev, two attempts were made to fly Amaya to India, but both were unsuccessful because of the patient transport company, and the child was returned to the National Cardiology Hospital in Sofia.
“It’s Tuesday, around 10:00, and we’re leaving the National Heart Hospital by ambulance. In the ambulance are me, Amaya, two doctors from the National Heart Hospital and the two medics who will be with us on the flight. We all arrive at Sofia airport and the organization of moving Amaya from the ambulance to the plane begins and we receive a question from the foreign doctors: “Where is the equipment?”. These people had absolutely no idea where the equipment they were going to work with was. Panic set in and we all started calling to find the equipment. The entire airport was organized to search for the life-saving equipment. After maybe 15, it was found that the same was delivered on Monday evening…to Central railway station in Sofia. The company hired a young man in a white t-shirt with an undershirt, with absolutely no spoken English, to drive the equipment and he confused “airport” with “station”, says Kaloyan Abrashev.
They are then forced to ride the ambulance back to the hospital. Dr. Pechilkov, leading the organization from the Bulgarian side, told us that this movement like a rag doll from systems in the hospital to an ambulance is extremely dangerous and it is the first time he has witnessed a patient returning, the grieving father also wrote.
According to Kaloyan Abrashev, after about 5-6 hours, a second attempt will follow, already with the equipment at their hospital.
“We’re leaving again with the ambulance for the airport. We enter the airport, the ambulance pulls up to the plane and the procedure is repeated, and it is assumed that nothing can go wrong. Well, yes, but no. When connecting the breathing apparatus, which is absolutely vital, the Turkish medics found that the connector connecting the apparatus and the plane did not match. The Turkish medics were not at all clear what the necessary tip was and where to get it to connect to the plane. Despite the efforts of several airport services, the tip in question was never found. For the second time we had to go back to the hospital. At 19:50 we arrived at the National Cardiology Hospital and a Turkish medic says to me: “I’m sorry, we don’t know where to find the tip in question, we can’t say when we will fly.” I asked them, “Okay, you’re the medics in charge of the equipment and taking care of Amaya while we’re flying. Neither did you bother to inquire where your equipment is, which just like you arrived from Istanbul, nor did you inquire whether this same equipment will work on the plane, Why?”. The answer was “I’m sorry,” says Amaya’s father on his Facebook profile.
At around 9.30pm, the National Heart Hospital called them and told them that Amaya’s condition took a sharp turn for the worse at 9pm and the little girl died a little later.
They thank the doctors from the Children’s Department of the National Cardiology Hospital.
“Although the doctors told us the truth in our eyes that the chance of her living was minimal and that the worst could happen at any moment, they did not stop until their last breath to do everything in their power that she survived, yes survive at least until flight. Her heart fought to the end,” Kaloyan Abrashev also wrote.
Amaya’s funeral will take place in the native village of Kaloyan Abrashev Enina, Kazanlak municipality on Friday (March 1) at 1:00 p.m.
Thousands of Bulgarians united and gave hope to Amaya to recover. After the last appeal for help in less than a day, over BGN 700,000 was raised so that the little girl could fly to India for an emergency heart transplant.
According to the father, Amaya’s cause will continue even after her death, and the funds for her treatment will be donated to other children in need and for medical equipment.
2024-02-28 16:22:20
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