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Maru
09-04-2018, 05:14 PM
Russian woman embalmed alive in deadly hospital mistake
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/04/09/russian-woman-embalmed-alive-in-deadly-hospital-mistake.html

The woman's mother accused doctor's of "pure murder" after they accidentally put the patient on a formaldehyde-based drip, according to reports.

A Russian woman was embalmed alive when doctors unwittingly put her on a formaldehyde-based drip instead of a saline during a surgery, according to a report Sunday.

Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 27, died from the gruesome medical blunder in which her veins were pumped full of the chemical, which is generally used to prevent the decomposition of corpses, according to the UK Sun.

“This is pure murder,” her mother, Galina Baryshnikova, said, according to the paper. “[It] was simply eroding her body from inside.”

Fedyaeva was getting a routine surgery at a hospital in Ulyanovsk last month when doctors placed her on a formalin drip — which can also be used as a disinfectant, the paper reported.

She suffered pain and convulsions for two days before falling into a coma and being rushed to a hospital in Moscow, her mom said, according to the paper.

“Her legs were moving, she had convulsions, her whole body was shaking,” Baryshnikova said.”I put socks on her, then a robe, then a blanket, but she was shivering to such an extent, I can’t even describe it.”

Fedyaeva was attached to a life-support machine but she eventually died of heart and lung failure, according to the paper.

Baryshnikova claims doctors knew something was wrong — but they refused to help her, she said.

“People who performed the surgery already knew that they infused something wrong,” she said. “They needed to take some urgent measures — but they did nothing.

“I begged, ‘Please help her, she is my only child,’ ” she said.

A doctor eventually copped to the horrifying flub, admitting, “It wasn’t normal saline, they put formalin into her,” she said.

Ekaterina was buried April 7, and a criminal investigation is now underway, the paper reported.

The name of the hospital where the medical flub took place was not immediately clear. It was also unclear why Fedyaeva was undergoing surgery.

Even if they are able to sue and put them out of business, nothing would make up for that mistake. 27 years old...

Cherie
09-04-2018, 06:06 PM
Horrific

jaxie
09-04-2018, 06:10 PM
It sounds horrible but a little vague about where it happened so you do wonder about fake news.

jet
09-04-2018, 06:11 PM
Omg how awful.

Crimson Dynamo
09-04-2018, 06:11 PM
saints preserve her!

AnnieK
09-04-2018, 06:14 PM
Just awful that that kind of mistake could happen. She must have been in agony

The Slim Reaper
09-04-2018, 06:20 PM
On the plus side, they've saved themselves a job for the funeral.

AnnieK
09-04-2018, 06:21 PM
Am sure that was her families first thought too

Beso
09-04-2018, 07:36 PM
Boak.

smudgie
09-04-2018, 07:41 PM
How horrific.:sad:
Not really a joking matter though.
To lose your only child, or any child for that matter.
I hope it does turn out to be fake news.

Maru
09-04-2018, 07:47 PM
How horrific.:sad:
Not really a joking matter though.
To lose your only child, or any child for that matter.
I hope it does turn out to be fake news.

It is odd that there's some missing information (maybe due to medical privacy practices), but several sites in the US are reporting it, so maybe it has been verified to an extent...

There's pictures of the patient on some of those articles, but I'm not going to post them here.

Brillopad
09-04-2018, 08:05 PM
Russian woman embalmed alive in deadly hospital mistake
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2018/04/09/russian-woman-embalmed-alive-in-deadly-hospital-mistake.html



Even if they are able to sue and put them out of business, nothing would make up for that mistake. 27 years old...

Terrifying! Poor woman.

kirklancaster
09-04-2018, 09:21 PM
It beggars belief how anyone could make such a mistake without SOMEONE noticing?

Poor soul.

Scarlett.
09-04-2018, 09:29 PM
Such a preventable way to go, the doctor who did it needs to be held accountable.

It sounds horrible but a little vague about where it happened so you do wonder about fake news.

Genuine question, why would it be fake news? Generally that sort of thing is about politics.

Nicky91
10-04-2018, 07:52 AM
horrible news but these mistakes can happen i guess

Ammi
10-04-2018, 08:01 AM
Such a preventable way to go, the doctor who did it needs to be held accountable.



Genuine question, why would it be fake news? Generally that sort of thing is about politics.

..so hard with something like this...not just the loss of a child but where there is ‘accountability’ as well and human error...just awful for all of her loved ones...whether they hold accountable in terms of perusing legally etc will be where their hearts and grieving ‘leads them’ also...

...I’ve personally known a similar-ish case...there are differences but there are some similarities as well...one parent needed accountability in their grieving and one didn’t for their own reasons...not really relevant but...just very difficult, heart-breakingly difficult...

...tragic...