The incident took place recently in Serik district. 13-month-old baby Gökçe, who allegedly had a fever because he was teething, was taken to Serik State Hospital by his family. Baby Gökçe, who was sent back home after the treatment, had a fever again at night and was given a tampon by her mother and an antipyretic was given. The family, who left their baby with the babysitter around 07:00 in the morning, received information that there were bruises on the baby's body 10 minutes after leaving the house. The caregiver said that the child's condition was bad and that the family could not wait and took him to the hospital. When they arrived at the hospital, the baby's heart was determined to have stopped. Although cardiac massage was applied for approximately 2.5 hours and attempts were made to bring him back to life, they were unsuccessful.
SUSPICIOUS DEATH OF A 13-MONTH-OLD BABY IN ANTALYA
Baby Gökçe, who died in the arms of her caregiver, was buried in tears on Saturday, October 10. Following the sudden death of the baby, the family went to the police station and complained about the hospital management, alleging "wrong medication and negligence". The exact cause of the baby's death will become clear after the autopsy report is completed.
THE FAMILY COMPLAINED
The grieving mother and father, who claimed that they were given the wrong medicine and were kept waiting in the garden due to lack of space, filed a complaint against the negligent medical staff. The Kaya family stated that baby Gökçe had no previous chronic illness and that she was extremely healthy and cheerful in the images taken 45 minutes before she went to the emergency room, and requested the authorities to finalize the autopsy report and punish those who were negligent.
"THE MEDICINE SMELLED STRONGLY, MY CHILD DID NOT WANT TO DRINK IT"
Mother Duygu Nur Kaya, who claimed that an improper treatment was applied at the hospital and explained the pain she experienced in tears, said, "We took our baby to the hospital; they said that he had a fever due to the tooth, around 9.30-10 in the evening. The doctor opened his mouth and looked at us, then directed us for treatment. They said that a medicine would be given. Afterwards, an officer went to the female doctor with the document and came back. Then they prepared the medicine; half of the syringe was filled with the serum medicine, and half of the syringe was filled with the medicine they said, and they gave it to my child. They asked us to give it to them. "We gave the child a drink. Then he referred us for observation. When we went for observation, they told us that there was no place to apply tampons to the child. We applied tampons to the child outside in the cold. Then we went inside and they sent us away, saying, 'If it gets fever, you will continue with tampons at home and put them in warm water.'
"OUR CAREER CALLED US 10 MINUTES LATER"
Stating that her baby had a fever again during the night, mother Kaya continued her speech as follows: "I woke up around 03:00 at night because of the heat I touched his skin. The child was in a very bad condition, crying and feverish. We immediately made tampons and gave him an antipyretic because we could not use anything else other than that. He slept until 7:00 in the morning, moaning from side to side. I left the child to his caregiver at around 7:00. My caregiver called 10 minutes after me and said, 'It is above the child's eyebrow. "There are bruises," he said. He even sent me a photo of it and asked, "Did the child fall?" he asked. I said, 'We never dropped the child, I waited with him until the morning, he had no problems.' Thereupon, he said, 'This child is not normal' and showed other bruises on his body; The bruises spread instantly. He said, 'I'm going to the hospital, I can't wait for you.' My child was out of breath while in the car. When I went to the hospital, they said his heart had stopped. I asked the doctor, they tried to bring him back to life by massaging his heart for 2 and a half hours, but my child did not come back. When I went, I saw my child dead. "Then they sent it for autopsy and said it was a suspicious death, because I don't know what the medicine given was."
Explaining that her baby had a fever before and that they went to the hospital again, the grieving mother said, "We had gone to the hospital before because of a dental problem and they had only given the antipyretic; no medication was mixed into it. We had just administered the antipyretic with a syringe and there was nothing left in the morning. This was the first time I encountered a treatment that I did not know about. It was the first time I saw a different medicine being taken and it smelled of medicine anyway. My child would normally taste the medicine first and then drink it, but he did not want to drink it. He did not vomit at all until the morning. When I left him in the morning, he was not breathing and his heart had stopped. I think he might have an allergy or some other condition. If I had been told, I would have waited there. When I went for observation, they said, "There is no room here, take him out naked." "I had to use a diaper in the hospital garden in windy and cold weather. I complain about all of this. My child will not come back, but I want the issue to be investigated. I am waiting for the autopsy report, I do not know exactly what happened."
"She was purple as if she had been tortured"
Father Murat Bahtiyar Kaya, who stated that his child had no chronic disease and was extremely cheerful and energetic in the videos taken shortly before going to the hospital, made the following statements: "My child was 13 months old. We had celebrated his birthday just last month. My child was in good health; he had absolutely no chronic or pre-existing disease. On the evening of the incident, he was much healthier before he had a fever. We did what needed to be done at home; we gave him an antipyretic and bathed him. When his fever did not go down, we went to the emergency room. The doctor took my child to bed." He examined it and put a wooden stick in his mouth and directed him to the side, saying, 'This is a normal fever caused by a tooth.' My wife noticed that the nurse who was going to perform the intervention took the examination paper and went back to the doctor. Either the doctor had written it wrong and the nurse had written it correctly, but they had a different conversation. They broke the glass tube of a medicine that normally had to be given intravenously or through an injection, and then they drew the antipyretic syrup into the syringe. We gave this method to the child orally, which had never been done before. He was disgusted by the taste and did not want to drink it. We forced him to drink it. When we returned home, they said there was no room for observation and left us outside in the wind. After we came home in the morning, we bought an antipyretic from the pharmacy on duty. When he got fever again around 3 a.m., we prepared our child's body and there were no bruises or bruises. We were devastated by the phone call we received shortly after leaving the child to his caretaker. However, the caretaker reported that the child had died in his arms before reaching the hospital. When we arrived at the hospital, our child was purple beyond recognition, as if he had been tortured. We have definitely suspected wrong treatment. The suspicious attitudes of the doctor and the nurse at that time and the injection treatment applied for the first time. "We buried our child on the evening of the same day. In the video taken just 45 minutes before this tragedy occurred, my child was healthy, cheerful and extremely energetic," he said.
The hospital management said that the incident was recorded as a judicial case and that they would deliver the documents if requested by the police.
