A doctor and a nurse risk to 5 years life imprisonment for violating the medical assistance rules

An obstetrician–gynaecologist doctor and a nurse risk to 5 years life imprisonment with or without suspending of the right to occupy certain positions or to work for a term from 2 to 5 years. The latter ones are the characters of a case, investigated by the prosecution of the county Ungheni for violating, with oversight, of the rules and procedures of giving medical assistance. The doctor of the Maternity Section of the County Hospital of county Ungheni and the nurse of the Gynaecology Section of the same institutions are charged with administrating by transfusion of the drug “Reopoliglucine”, to a pregnant woman, did not respect the provisions of the drug use instruction. The drug was incompatible with patient’s body that suffered an anaphylactic shock and died. As a result of intrauterine suffocation, her foetus died, who had the age of 36-37 weeks. If they are found guilty, the doctor and the nurse risk to 5 years life imprisonment.