A thirty-five-year-old man from Sarajevo was sent home after an examination, but he died 20 minutes later. Symbolic photo: Pixsell
He went to the emergency room for shoulder pain, was sent home, and died 20 minutes later
Croatian media reports on a 35-year-old citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina who visited the emergency room in Zadar due to shoulder pain, from where he was sent home after an examination. Twenty minutes later he collapsed dead.
Mirza Čengić, a 35-year-old citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina, died on April 17 less than 20 minutes after being examined at the Zadar Emergency Medical Service and sent home. His blood pressure was measured and it was determined that his life was not in danger and that he did not need urgent treatment. They also advised him to see his personal doctor if the condition did not improve within a few days.
According to Slobodna Dalmacija, a thirty-five-year-old man from Sarajevo, who was in Zadar for seasonal work, began to feel unwell that day around 4 p.m., so his colleagues took him to the doctor. He complained of pain in his shoulder and a tingling sensation in his left arm. Due to problems with the navigation system, the colleagues were unable to bring him to the hospital’s emergency room, but to the premises of the Institute for Emergency Medical Assistance in the polyclinic.
CPR failed
After an examination, he was released. The diagnosis of primary hypertension, i.e. high blood pressure, is stated in the report, along with a note that the patient does not report any other problems.
Shortly after leaving, his heart stopped beating. Friends and then paramedics unsuccessfully resuscitated him for about an hour. According to his friends, the same doctor who had previously examined him and sent him home came for the intervention.
Acting director of the institution, Mladen Oluić, confirmed that an internal professional control was immediately introduced after the incident. They are not revealing the details for now, as the process is still ongoing.
