An Arizona toddler was discovered alive inside a hospital morgue almost five hours after a doctor mistakenly declared him dead, a bombshell report has claimed.
The 18-month-old boy, who has not been identified, was found inside a family’s pool in Gilbert around 5.30 pm on February 8 and rushed to Mercy Gilbert Medical Centre.
Shortly after arriving at the hospital, the youngster was declared dead; however, five and a half hours later, medical personnel entered the mortuary and discovered that he was still alive.
Earlier reports suggested the strange event was a miracle, but the critical ‘error’ was allegedly made by a doctor, according to a damning police report obtained by ABC15.
A string of heavily blurred police bodycam footage also obtained by the outlet showed the emergency unfold as officers and paramedics arrived at the home before speeding him over to the hospital that day.
Once they arrived, a police officer recalled in the report that he heard a nurse state: ‘I have a pulse,’ leading him to alert the doctor handling the case, records stated.
But when he did so, the male physician, who has not been named, seemed to brush off his concern, the cop wrote in his report.
‘(The doctor) arrogantly told me he was the doctor, he has the medical degree, he went to medical school for a reason, and to let him do his thing,’ the officer documented, per the report.
The audio, which was heard in some of the footage, caught what seemed to be the moment the officer and doctor interacted just before the child was declared dead by the medical professional.
‘I went to medical school for a reason,’ the physician stated.
The officer then seemed to respond, but the doctor cut him off, stating: ‘Ok, let me just clarify. Thank you.’
Soon after their conversation, the doctor officially declared the toddler dead, records showed.
‘No objections, I’d like to call time of death,’ he said.
But officers continued to detail the signs of life they saw in the child in the report.
‘The release of the air was audible and visible,’ a cop wrote.
They later added: ‘It also began to sound like (redacted) was gasping for air,’ the report stated.
When medical staff went to move the little boy’s body to the morgue, a female officer recalled that she ‘observed what appeared to be another audible gasp’ coming from the child, the outlet stated.
Then, when she entered the morgue, the cop said: ‘I again observed what appeared to be a gasp or air release, which was now almost an hour later.’
But a nurse who was there said the alleged breathing sounds could have been a response to efforts to save the child, the report said.
The report that was made public had audio about the incident suppressed.
Patient safety and providing exceptional care should be our primary concerns, but it doesn’t appear to be the case. I sincerely hope the doctor is no longer in practice since the litigation will be massive.
He made the incorrect professional choice if his job was to keep people alive and he was unable to tell if someone was still alive.
With elective medical euthanasia on the rise, there is a growing disregard for the value of life. The doctor may have considered potential outcomes and felt it ‘better’ if no care was given. He was so very, very wrong. Loss of his medical license sounds warranted, as this was so heinous.
This doctor needs to have his license withdrawn and be sued by the family. They all have this god complex. What a pretentious douche bag.
Pompous doctors were in abundance 50 years ago. Today, combine that chutzpah with a dumbed-down curriculum so that the dummies that are getting accepted to med school and even nursing schools can get to work earning their big bucks and prancing around their social circles.
Doctors should no longer be revered as gods. It doesn’t make them into creatures to be adored; it’s just their choice of occupation. Most of them go into it for the money and reputation. It’s not to help people or because they are empathic or compassionate people.
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