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05/07/2011
Transplant Failure Was 'Miscommunication'
An Irish probe into a mis-managed bid for a vital organ transplant has focused on the Emergency Medical Support Services (EMSS) involved in the failure to transport a liver transplant patient on Saturday.
The company have said they were not told the full details about the donated organ and the patient.
Failure to transport 14-year-old Maedhbh McGivern from Leitrim to London in time for the operation meant she missed out on the chance of a liver transplant.
The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly has been in contact with the Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) who have now co-ordinated an inquiry into the lost opportunity of a liver transplant due to a failure in transportation facilities.
The Minister has expressed his deep concerns and passed his sympathy to a family over the traumatic events that have led to a lost opportunity for a life-saving organ transplant.
Minister Reilly has told the McGivern family that the purpose of the HIQA inquiry is to ensure that their family and others in a similar predicament do not face such a heartbreaking outcome in future.
In a statement the EMSS said: "At no point was there a mention of the flying time of four hours to London Heathrow not to mention two refuelling stops."
See: Minister Probes 'Bungled' Transplant Airlift
(BMcN/BMcC)
The company have said they were not told the full details about the donated organ and the patient.
Failure to transport 14-year-old Maedhbh McGivern from Leitrim to London in time for the operation meant she missed out on the chance of a liver transplant.
The Minister for Health, Dr James Reilly has been in contact with the Health Information & Quality Authority (HIQA) who have now co-ordinated an inquiry into the lost opportunity of a liver transplant due to a failure in transportation facilities.
The Minister has expressed his deep concerns and passed his sympathy to a family over the traumatic events that have led to a lost opportunity for a life-saving organ transplant.
Minister Reilly has told the McGivern family that the purpose of the HIQA inquiry is to ensure that their family and others in a similar predicament do not face such a heartbreaking outcome in future.
In a statement the EMSS said: "At no point was there a mention of the flying time of four hours to London Heathrow not to mention two refuelling stops."
See: Minister Probes 'Bungled' Transplant Airlift
(BMcN/BMcC)
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