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Obstetric violence

Gynecologist accused of obstetric violence removed from work

October 25, 2024, 17:33 p.m B. B.
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The doctor was previously arrested on suspicion of committing a serious crime against people's health
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A gynecologist from Sremska Mitrovica, accused of obstetric violence in the case of pregnant Marica Mihajlović, whose newborn baby died, has been removed from work

Gynecology and obstetrics specialist from Sremska Mitrovica, accused of obstetric violence in the case of Marica Mihajlović, a pregnant woman whose baby died, he was removed from his job until the final conclusion of the criminal proceedings against him.

The Higher Prosecutor's Office in Sremska Mitrovica has confirmed to some media that on October 15, the High Court in Sremska Mitrovica filed an indictment against the doctor who was in charge of the delivery for three crimes - grave crime against people's health, negligent provision of medical assistance and abuse and torture.

The doctor of the General Hospital in Sremska Mitrovica MM, who was accused of obstetric violence, was arrested on January 19 on suspicion of having committed the crime of serious crimes against people's health.

He was released from detention after six months, because the prosecutor's office had not filed an indictment until then.

"There were no legal grounds for further detaining the suspect in detention because six months of detention had expired. According to the law, if an indictment is not filed by the end of the six-month period, the defendant will be released," said the High Court in Sremska Mitrovica at the time.

How did the baby die?

Marica Mihajlović told in detail what happened on January 12 when she lost her baby after a miscarriage.

"I was admitted on January 11 because I was seven days past my due date. However, on January 12, I had a gynecological examination where I was told that the amniotic fluid was cloudy and they sent me to the hall to prepare me for childbirth. At half past seven, my induction was started. "The midwives were there and they saw that the baby was high, but I opened very slowly," she said.

Around half past four they came to tell her that the doctor would come to perform a caesarean section at five o'clock, but he didn't come until after six and decided not to perform a caesarean section after all, but to go ahead with everything.

"As time went on, he saw that I could not give birth naturally, the nurses begged him to do a caesarean section, but he refused," claims Mihajlovic.

She started to lose strength, they gave her oxygen and she lost consciousness.

"It was already too late, the baby got stuck in the pelvis." From that strong pressure, bubbles formed on her lungs, she swallowed meconium with amniotic fluid. "She was able to take oxygen, but she could not breathe out at all, she simply lost her air and her heart stopped," explained the woman in labor.

The baby was born without a pulse around 11 a.m., Mihajlovic said, adding that they managed to "bring the baby back to life a little."

"The whole hall heard me cry"

"Doctors from Novi Sad came, the baby was on machines. I saw the baby there and in the end they took her away, but in the morning they reported that she had passed away," said Mihajlovic.

She emphasized that the doctor did not want to communicate with her during the delivery.

"The whole hall heard me crying and begging him to help me, to take the baby out, to save her." However, he refused. "In the end, when he realized his mistake and saw what he had done, he started jumping on my stomach, insulting me on a national basis, hitting me, squeezing my jaw," she said.

When she left the hospital, the nurse told her to remember the doctor's name well and that all the midwives who were in that room would confirm what he did to her - how he tortured her and violently gave birth.

"We haven't received the papers from the autopsy yet, as soon as the findings arrive we will immediately file a complaint," Mihajlovic said at the time. "After my post, many women contacted me and shared their horrible experiences with the same doctor."

Source: Radio Free Europe

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