The power outage probably took place at the end of the evening on Thursday, but was not immediately discovered. As a result, at least two patients had to deal with a malfunction in the oxygen supply. Sjeng Wolters, 76-year-old from Maastricht, died that same night. A 67-year-old man, also from Maastricht, died on Saturday afternoon.
Christina Wolters reported the death of her grandfather Sjeng on Facebook yesterday. ‘Unfortunately my grandfather had to give up today due to a big mistake by UMC +. A power failure on the long-ic where no alarm has been triggered and no emergency facilities have been addressed! ‘ the granddaughter writes in a post on Facebook.
Night shift
According to Wolters, the problem was only discovered by the night shift. ‘So much too late! This cost my grandfather’s life and it may have killed other victims. ‘
A spokesperson for the hospital mentions the incidents in a newspaper The Limburger ‘very dramatic’. Normally, an alarm goes off in the event of a power failure and there is an emergency power supply.
The spokesperson stressed that it remains to be determined whether the deaths are directly related to the power outage. That is being investigated. The deaths have been reported to the inspection. A spokeswoman for the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate says the hospital’s report will likely be reviewed after the weekend.
“Unfortunately we don’t get our grandfather back with it, but this mistake should never have happened,” Christina Wolters writes on Facebook. ‘Your last chance has been taken away. Hopefully you have a rest now. Still can’t believe it. ‘
Negligence
Kizzy Magdelijns, a niece of the 67-year-old victim, says she wants to sue the hospital for negligence. Her uncle was admitted on Monday. Three days later he was doing really well. Even the pulmonologist was amazed that he got through it so well. And a day later, on Friday, a doctor suddenly said he was in the final phase. How is this possible now? ‘
The family was only then informed of the malfunction. His body had been hit hard. He fought hard for almost two days. But to no avail. ‘
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