By: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
Bethlehem – The 24-year-old Shadi Mohammed Said Asaad, from Doha, died in Bethlehem, south of the West Bank, after suffering sudden setbacks last week. He was taken to hospitals and died shortly after.
The family of the young Asaad, accused the hospital of procrastination and default, which led to the doubling of his condition and even suffering from cerebral hemorrhage caused brain death due to the length of the bleeding period.
The family said in a statement that Shadi complained of deterioration in his health, and had never been suffering from a chronic disease, and went with his brother to Beit Jala Governmental Hospital and asked the doctor on duty examination, but answered that it is just “air blight” and gave him an injection and prescribed treatment. Then give him permission to leave.
On the way out, Shady went to a nearby pharmacy and bought the prescription medication, but a week later he began to feel stronger and more painful.
At 1 p.m. last Sunday, Shadi’s family quickly rushed to Beit Jala Hospital again through the emergency department. The doctor conducted tests without a CT scan, saying it was expensive and the family did not have health insurance, despite the family’s pledge to pay Their own account.
According to the family’s statement, the stall was delayed at the time of the picture, after which it was found that he suffered from severe bleeding on the brain and blood clots, which according to his family, means that the bleeding started at the time when Shady complained of pain.
The family said that at their request, the doctor started contacting hospitals in the West Bank to receive the case.
She explained that he was transferred by family efforts to Ramallah Governmental Hospital after he was in a coma due to the delay in Beit Jala Hospital.
The father complained about the mistreatment of the employee in Ramallah Hospital, after she was asked to prepare Shady’s papers. He put my son’s health in danger and delayed the necessary procedures to transfer and transfer my son Shadi to Jerusalem. “
According to the family, the delay lasted 14 hours between Beit Jala Governmental Hospital and Ramallah Governmental Hospital. Upon his arrival at Al-Makassed Hospital (the Charitable Society) in Jerusalem, the first examination revealed that he suffered from a brain death due to prolonged bleeding. His situation is very difficult and he just needs to pray, then he passed away there.
According to the family, the doctor at Makassed Hospital denied that he had received any contact from Beit Jala Hospital or Ramallah, to coordinate the case of Shadi, wondering: “Why doctor, hospital and department of remittances there is discrimination, and the minister’s son has an immediate transfer. My brain death is among the hospitals ?! “.
Beit Jala Hospital clarifies
For its part, the management of “Beit Jala” government hospital, that the deceased patient Shadi Mohammed Said Asaad (24 years), came to the emergency department of Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, on Sunday, September 22, at 01:37 am, where he was complaining of a headache Sharp where he was examined and examined by an emergency doctor.
She continued: Urgent Brain CT-scan showed an urgent stratified brain image that showed severe cerebral hemorrhage, and accordingly the patient was referred to a neurosurgery department in another hospital because there was no neurosurgery at Beit Jala Hospital.
She added: “The emergency medical staff contacted Alia Hospital and Ramallah Governmental Hospital but they did not have the possibility to receive the condition. Therefore, they contacted the private hospitals which are the Arab Society Hospital, Al-Ahli Hospital, Al-Mezan Hospital and Al-Najah Hospital, but unfortunately they did not receive the patient for not Having places. “
She explained that by re-contacting Palestine Medical Complex again, they agreed to receive him, where he left the emergency ambulance of the hospital at about 4:30 am to Ramallah, adding that “the case was treated with professionalism and high speed, God’s mercy and inspired his patience.”
