Saudi Gazette report TAIF — A Saudi has claimed that his daughter had to be admitted to a Taif private hospital's intensive care unit because she was given the wrong medicine. Saleh Al-Sufyani, the father of the 20-year-old woman, said he took his daughter to hospital when she complained of stomach pains.The doctor said she was suffering from dehydration and malnutrition and prescribed medicines and an injection. He took his daughter to the emergency room to give her the injection. However, he was surprised to discover that his daughter had been referred to the intensive care unit in a serious condition. He was told that her heart had stopped. He claimed that the hospital made him sign some papers whose content he did not know. He was allegedly told he would be ejected from the hospital if he did not sign the papers. The young woman remained in intensive care for 24 hours before she was moved to a room. Spokesman for Taif Health Affairs Siraj Al-Humaidan confirmed the directorate received a complaint from Al-Sufyani and an investigation would be opened into the incident. Meanwhile, a father has accused a nurse at the King Faisal Armed Forces Hospital in Khamis Mushayt of fracturing the left thigh of his newborn baby. He claimed that his wife saw the baby drop on the floor from the nurse's hands. The nurse tried to move the baby to another room but the mother insisted on seeing her baby. She saw a bruised area on his left thigh that was not there before the fall. The baby was admitted to intensive care. The father filed a complaint with the hospital director, asking for an investigation into the incident. In another medical practice case reported on Sunday, a mother has accused a doctor at a Jeddah hospital of causing the death of her infant by subjecting him to three operations in as many days. Najat Salem had given birth to triplets at King Abdulaziz Hospital. She was visiting Al-Mosadiyah Maternity and Children's Hospital for a followup and a doctor told her that one of the triplets was in need of additional tests and an X-ray. The doctor later told her that the infant needed an operation in her intestines, but after the operation, the child went into a coma. The doctor operated twice on the infant as the first operation was not successful. Two days ago, Salem received a call from the hospital informing her that the girl had died and to sign the necessary papers to receive the body. Salem said she intended to file a formal complaint against the doctor. The director of Al-Mosadiyah Maternity and Children's Hospital, Dr. Kamal Abu Rukbah, said he asked for the infant's file to review the details of the case. He added that he would liaise with the infant's family to get their side of the story.
