Two nurses suspended

The death of a patient has resulted in the suspension of two nurses.

The Montreal Gazette reports that the nurses were suspended for two and four weeks by the Quebec Order of Nurses.

The suspensions stem from an incident in August 2008. Christine Sasseville died of a major brain hemorrhage shortly after she gave birth to her third child at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital.

The hospital report said that Sasseville died from medical error and that the staff on duty that night did not perform the protocol for someone in her condition. Doctors underestimated the urgency of her state and nursing care was absent.

Sasseville’s husband said that the suspensions are too short. A prosecutor suggested that the nurses be suspended for two months.

The baby although born prematurely survived.

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