A shocking and a cruel incident has come into light after a German woman was arrested after she switched off her hospital roommate’s ventilator because she was “IRRITATED ” by the sound.
Well this shocking incident has happened in the south-western city of Mannheim on Tuesday, November 29. The culprit is a 72-year- old woman who were accused of switching off the ventilator not just once but twice and was later detained.
According to reports , the woman who switched off the ventilator was told about the machine being crucial for the patient but despite being informed she again turned it off later in the day.
Meanwhile according to authorities , the patient who suffered had to be revived and as per further reports although the patient’s life is not in danger but she still has to be in the intensive care , while her life is not in danger, still requires intensive care.
As per a joint press release published by the Mannheim public prosecutor’s office and Mannheim police , the alleged woman had switched off the ventilator before 8 p.m. since she “felt disturbed by the noise coming from the oxygen device.”
As per the statement , the hospital staff had informed the lady about how vital and crucial was the oxygen supply but the lady still said to have switched off the device again around 9 pm,”.
The accused lady was brought before a judge on Wednesday and sent to jail. Meanwhile a thorough investigation is ongoing into the matter.
A ventilator is a machine that helps you breathe or breathes for you.
A mechanical ventilator is a machine that helps a patient breathe (ventilate) when they are having surgery or cannot breathe on their own due to a critical illness. The patient is connected to the ventilator with a hollow tube (artificial airway) that goes in their mouth and down into their main airway or trachea. They remain on the ventilator until they improve enough to breathe on their own.
Once a patient is seen ready to get detached from a mechanical Ventilator, the doctors first ensure that the patient can breathe freely and it is done via weaning, which involves gradually removing ventilator support.
