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A suspected case of abuse of power was presented Saturday night in Murillo street with carrera 4. An ambulance that sent a patient to critical condition, from a medical center in Soledad to the clinic Vidacoop (in Barranquilla), he was "blocked without explanation" by a transit agent of the Metropolitan Police.
The injured person, Javier Grandas Medina, was victim of an accident at 9:00 pm. in race 3A with 56 diagonal, Villa Sol neighborhood of Soledad, when he was traveling on a motorcycle and was hit by a vehicle. Witnesses from the incident called an ambulance and this brings it to the Agrupa Salud IPS, located in the Nuevo Milenio neighborhood of Soledad.
In this health facility was badisted by the service doctors, but seeing that he had "an exposed sore, about 15 cm, on the forehead, secondary cranioencephalic trauma and unconscious state," decided to move to the Vidacoop Clinic, located in the San Felipe district, for a CT scan, a neurosurgeon and hospitalization UCI
Edwin Mejía, operational coordinator for ambulances at the clinic, said that the vehicle, with internal plates number 09 and IER 198, took the patient at 21:20, to transfer it to Vidacoop.
In order to move faster before "injury severity", the driver and paramedic of the ambulance took the track of Transmetro's "solo bus", having been "authorized" by the mbadive system and by the J "enters the CRUE of the District.
According to the account of the manager of Vidacoop he called Crue so that the post operator, in turn, communicates with Transmetro, in order to obtain the license. of traffic for the "solo bus", from race 1 to race 19, which was finally granted
At the height of race 4, a traffic police doubled the ambulance and l 39; forced to slow down, to "stop the medical service vehicle", as recorded in a video.
"Hey commando, please give me the way, I have a patient here, help me brother, help me .Hey, help me to order .Hey, I take a patient millet, I wear a critical patient, "the ambulance driver told the uniformed officer to let him continue. However, he ignored the request of the paramedic
After stopping the bike, the patrol car came down, arrived at the ambulance and "made some recordings with his mobile phone". Later, he got into his vehicle and continued "the journey slowly, blocking the pbadage of the ambulance."
This situation forced the driver to take the mixed route to take the patient to the Vidacoop clinic, located on the 65th Street with a career 27. Those who lived were plagued by tensions, explained the head of the clinic, "because the ambulance was having trouble moving quickly", given the congestion of the traffic at La Murillo
. specialists, who performed a tomography, sutured the head wound and then operated on a fracture of the ulna and radius.
An act signed by Yamile Gómez Barrios, director of the clinic; Yobani Guerra Mosquera, sub-commander of Mbadive System Transmetro and relative of wounded, certifies that the patient is intubated (with mechanical ventilation) in the intensive care unit to have "a depression in the left parietal area, with hemorrhage, a functional demarcation in the bilateral shoulder and the right hand, the right ankle and trauma in the chest ".
In the same document, to which El HERALDO had access, it is reported that MP Yobani Guerra verified the patient's condition by an inspection at the facilities where the injured person is hospitalized.
Police and health?
Colonel Engerbert Grijalba, Deputy Commander of the Barranquilla Metropolitan Police, spoke about the case. The officer claimed that the ambulance "had not informed Crue that they were going to use the Transmetro route."
"The patroller informed us that he suspected that He was not wearing a patient and, furthermore, indicates that he did not let him see. "However, the colonel said that they are investigating the case to determine what happened.
Meanwhile, the district health department confirmed that paramedics had asked permission, at 9:36 pm, to walk the 'Solo bus' track. The entity ensures that permission was given to circulate with the sirens and a lot of caution ", because they carried a patient.
For Ulahy Beltrán López, counselor and consultant in the health services, if the ambulance was crossing the He surely had to do it in accordance with a local standard that had to be issued by the 39, territorial authority and that allows the use of this route for these cases.
"He had to receive the support and help needed, civilians and uniformed officials, to comply with the One of the principles of prehospital care, such as the possibility and speed of movement The patient's focus is on the complexity needed, "said Beltrán.
Transmetro
The company reported that ambulances "are allowed to travel on the" solo bus ", as long as they carry some eme rgencia (patient) or pick up somebody. A similar case applies to firefighters, who may use the lane if they are on their way to deal with a case. " they had actually asked for permission and that permission had been granted.
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