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01.27.2016
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Customer Unimed North Northeast was missed by Unimed Rio and succumbed to a cardiac arrest
The Procon Rio de Janeiro fined the operators Unimed Unimed Rio Norte Northeast and the death tax auditor Mariana Perdomo, 33. Resident Salvador and customer of North Northeast carrier she was traveling to Rio de Janeiro capital visiting family when he suffered a cardiac arrest and with the delay in the arrival of relief, did not resist.
The patient was admitted in the UPA (Emergency Care Unit) of Bangor and needed to be transferred urgently. However, Unimed Rio was not the site. The bailout was on account of an ambulance Unimed North Northeast, which only came to drive nine hours later.
The patient was treated in UPA, but health plan ambulance took nine hours to reach
Although it is alleged that the consumer had a plan Unimed North-Northeast, Procon-RJ not without responsibility Unimed Rio, as both belong to the same group, jointly liable for the problem. In the assessment, the state authority considers the episode a 'disregard for the rights of the consumer. " According to the Consumer Protection Code, the services that prove to be inadequate for the purposes that are unsuitable reasonably be expected of them - what is clear in delay that led to the death of Mariana.
Sought by iG, Unimed-Rio reported that it received notification of Procon, and lamented the passing of Unimed North Northeast client. In a statement, the operator suggested responsibility of the UPA. "We provide the vacancy in the hospital and sending an ICU ambulance through a third party provider. For reasons that we are investigating, the provider did not send the ambulance in the requested deadlines, causing delay of same. We reiterate that the patient remained throughout this period UPA environment, which was responsible for diagnosis and treatment, "says excerpt of the answer.
The report also came into contact with Unimed North-Northeast, but received no reply as of this publication.
Operators will have 15 working days from receipt of the notification, to present his defense. If the deadline is not met or the arguments are not accepted by the legal department of the State Procon, companies will be fined.
Source: IG
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