Anesthetized patient left in hospital blaze
Updated: 2011-08-25 15:52
By Gao Qihui (chinadaily.com.cn)
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A patient undergoing surgery died in a hospital fire after medics left the anesthetized the 49-year-old on the operating table while they fled the blaze, Xinmin Evening News reported Thursday
The fire broke out on the night of August 24 at No 3 People's Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine?while the patient was under general anesthetic to remove a limb due to injuries suffered in a traffic accident.
The hospital's publicity department said there were at least six medical personnel in the patient's operating room when the fire broke out, but all left when a neighboring room burst into flames. Medics left the patient alone on the operating table. It is thought they died from smoke inhalation. The staff are being questioned by police.
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