Yesterday, we initiated an administrative summary to evaluate the conflict internally. It was revealed that the shortage was identified through weekly controls, and replacement management is handled to measure the traceability of any medication. In this case, it is a drug commonly used in operating rooms, which can be accessed by staff, from doctors to maintenance personnel. However, they noted that this compound is kept under lock and key, so it is not unusual for them to be in constant contact. They indicated that «this is the first time something like this has happened at the hospital, so no hypothesis is being considered». We are providing all the investigation that the prosecution needs for the investigation of the place, as well as the corridor that leads to the operating room, where there are security cameras, » the doctors explained. Finally, they explained: «It is a medication that is commonly used for anesthetic loading, it is not related to the cost, the ampoule has nothing to do with money because its value does not reach $1,000, but on the black market, it is sold at a much higher cost».
This case adds to the scandal over the supposed theft of drugs from the Italian Hospital, where anesthesiologist Hernán Bovieri and resident Delfina Lanusse are accused, and to the death of Alejandro Zalazar, who worked at the Ricardo Gutiérrez Children's Hospital and was found dead in his apartment in the Palermo neighborhood with a line connected to his right foot.
Representatives of the «Dr. Leonidas Lucero» Municipal Hospital in the Buenos Aires city of Bahía Blanca held a press conference to inform that they filed a criminal complaint for the disappearance of 25 fentanyl ampoules. According to what the Argentine News Agency could find out, the presentation was led by Claudio Ibarola, head of the surgical department; Fernanda Bartolini, associate director and Fernando Almarza, legal advisor. The demand was made before prosecutor Mauricio del Cero, of the Instruction and Trial Unit (UFIJ) No. 19, at the same time that an internal investigation was initiated with the purpose of clarifying the fact, added the hospital in the writing. During the exposure to the media, the professionals informed: «Faced with a situation of disappearance of twenty-five fentanyl ampoules, we decided to make the criminal complaint today, together with the authorities of the sector».
