Hospital scandal in Adıyaman: Baby's arm burned in incubator
The baby of Mizgin Tatar, who gave birth via cesarean section at Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital, was transferred to a private hospital due to low blood sugar. However, during treatment, the baby's arm came into contact with the incubator's heating element, resulting in a burn. The Tatar family filed a criminal complaint against the hospital management as soon as they learned of the situation.
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Mizgin Tatar, who gave birth to a baby girl via cesarean section at Adıyaman Training and Research Hospital, was told her baby had low blood sugar after birth. Due to a lack of available incubators at the hospital, the baby was transferred to a private hospital in the city. On the 5th day of treatment in the incubator at the private hospital, it is alleged that the baby's arm came into contact with the incubator's heating element while nursing staff were performing routine care.
The baby's arm suffered a burn after touching the heating element. Healthcare workers who noticed the situation during care intervened to treat the baby's arm. The hospital management informed the baby's family about the incident approximately 48 hours later.
Reacting to the situation, the Tatar family filed a criminal complaint against the hospital management. Mizgin and Şahin Tatar, who took their baby home with a bandaged arm after the treatments were completed, demanded that everyone responsible for the negligence be punished.
Stating that the incident was purely an accident, Dr. Mehmet Gürbak, the hospital's Pediatric Health Specialist and Neonatal Unit Supervisor, said: "We began the treatment of the baby who was referred to us, placed her in an incubator, adjusted the heat settings, and informed the family that the treatment would last about 1 week. There were no problems from the first day to the 5th day, and the baby's treatment was progressing very well; the baby was improving. On the 5th day of treatment, it was reported that redness occurred on the baby's arm while the nurse was performing care for the baby and the incubator. We intervened immediately, thinking it might be a burn related to the incubator heat. We provided appropriate treatment. With the treatments and evaluations performed, there was no discharge or anything else at the wound site on the child's arm; it was healing quite well. When we performed blood tests, there was no infection, and we discharged the baby. A medical delegation from Gaziantep also came to perform checks regarding this situation and stated that there would be no long-term issues or scarring on the baby's arm due to this incident."