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Croatian hospital wrongly declares living patient dead amid system error
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A live patient in a Virovitica facility was erroneously declared deceased due to an IT glitch that bypassed mandatory safety protocols; the incident has sparked immediate demands for emergency investigations from medical staff who warn lives are at risk while hospital leadership claims ignorance of details and denies familiarity with what they describe as preventable errors.
Key Points
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1A living patient in a hospital near Virovitica, Croatia was incorrectly declared dead due to an error within the medical system.
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2Hospital officials have stated that mandatory protocols are not being followed and lives of patients remain at risk as a result.
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3The incident has triggered calls for urgent investigations by local authorities following reports from multiple news outlets on March 23.
Developments
[Mar 23, 15:18]
A patient was declared dead due to a mistake in the system; mandatory protocols are not being followed and lives of patients remain at risk (Novosti.rs).
[Mar 23, 14:47]
The hospital director stated he is unfamiliar with this incident while reports confirm a living patient was declared dead due to an error in the system.