Medical Malpractice and Hospital Reputation

The assignment discusses a medical scandal at a hospital where patients died due to overdose of painkillers or drugs. The system of medical report preparation was found to be faulty. Despite efforts to rebuild its reputation, the hospital failed to do so. The health minister apologized to the families of those who lost their relatives in the scandal.

DIED 450 PATENTS CASE

INTRODUCTION
The Gosport war memorial hospital was very famous hospital in the year of 1990. But,
for the misconduct in the working system the 456 patient lost their lives (Saito and et. al., 2013).
This article includes the reasons and situation behind this case. And also include the discussion
about the reputation of the organization which was damaged due to the misconduct of hospital
activities.But Dr. Barton found guilty after taking the serious action against her for her serious
professional medical misconduct. Gosport War Memorial Hospital opened in 1923, and it is the
only remaining hospital situated within Gosport itself. The main reason is founded was that the
excess amount of painkiller given to the patients.
1. To what extent the situation in given case study affects the reputation of organization.
History of hospital
The base stone for the hospital, which was made as an in memory of to members of the
Portsmouth. Division of the Royal Marine Light army on foot based at fort on army buildings
who had died in the First World War, was put down by Field highest military chief Earl Haig
on 3 July 1921. The hospitalopened on 19 April 1923. The East Wing was added in 1932and the
Canon Landon in memory of clock, which gave respect to the living of Canon Guy Landon,
Rector of alverstoke from1907 to 1947, was added coming here-after his death.
The hospital joined the National Health Service in 1948.New outpatient and error and stra
ight-away help needed departments were added in 1963 and a physical medical activity yand x-
ray power of doing well was added in 1966 (Ikegame and et. al., 2012). A Petition
with 20,000 signatures put a stop to the hospital from shutting in the early 1980s. A new being a
mother political division opened in the early 1990s.
The organization affected by the situation very badly because approx. 450 patients lost
their lives due to overdose of painkillers.The news speared very rapidly in the country and the
families of the patients apologized by former health minister. Later a professor who was an
expert on hospital morality gave a comment that hospital situation may repeated because death
rate not estimated properly by the health department officials. He also said that if u are a doctor
or nurse and you as that something went wrong then u must have taken action against it if you

not do it then u are also a criminal. And the hospital was always remembered for this
misconduct. In addition to these findings, two other matters also gave rise to concern. The
amount of information recorded in the medicine-based notes was often poor, and recent
breaks/cracks that had added/had given to deaths, most commonly fractured hips, had not
been reported on MCCDs. An never-before-seen legal investigation will this week begin to
examine the suspicious deaths of10 old patients who died unexpectedly after being given high do
ses of powerful painkillers anddrug (that calms or causes sleep) drugs at a hospital in
Hampshire.The hearing, granted last year by the Justice Secretary Jack Straw, even though
seven of thepeople concerned have already been burned-up, highlights nearly 100 other cases
at GosportWar Memorial Hospital which may be related.Relatives of at least 92 patients involve
d in the case have fought for the past 10 years to have thematter (examined closely so the truth
can be found) completely (Vaughn and et.al., 2014). They believe the deaths haven
ever been properly explained and want those involved to be held to account.
They want toknow whether their relatives died as a result of (sudden unplanned bad
events/crashes), (inability to do something) or what some fear might be something
more evil. They believe that there was aculture of treating patients with pain-relieving care - like
they were dying - rather than helping and healing them. By the help of new report issued it is
concluded the leaders of the hospital and nurses as well aware from the all mis-happening
which were happened in the hospital. Followings are the various entities in hospital which plays
a role in misconduct:
The role of Dr. Barton in the given case:
The concerns, police (acts of asking questions and trying to fing the truth about
something and GMC referral have focused on the role of the medicine based helper
involved, Dr Jane Barton. Dr Barton is a general (professional or skilled person) based
in a practice in Gosport(Penel and et. al., 2014). She was
employed for five sessions a week as a medicine based helper in the Department of Medicine
for old People from 1st May 1988 until her (quitting a job/accepting something bad that’s
happening or about to happen) on 5th July 2000. In this post,
Dr Barton was responsible to the consultant doctor in old/related to old people medicine,
and responsible for arranging cover for once a year leave and sickness (not being there; not being

present with her practice partners. The post was subject to the terms and conditions of hospital,
medical and teeth related staff. When Dr Barton began work at the hospital,
she had responsibility for patients in Radcliffe Annexes.
Gosport independent panel:
The gosport independent committee was put up to house has a part in lifted up by
families over a number of years about the first care of their relatives in gosport War Memorial
Hospital and the coming after observations into their deaths. This go to person in authority
is a detailed observation of the committee’s discovering. It explains how the knowledge gone
over again by the committee well detailed those discovering and pictures how the disclosed
Documents make an addition to public view, knowledge of events at the hospital
and their outcome.
Doctors at a scandal-hit hospital should face Criminal chargesover scores of person
getting care deaths, the daughter of one ofone of those who died in having feeling that something
is wrongcircumstances has said.
A long-awaited go to person in authority into the deaths of 833persons getting
care at gosport War Memorial Hospital between1988 and 2000 will be made public(Castonguay,
Ryu, Eunhee and Tazelaar, 2015).
Families have suggested their often old, getting old relatives were given more than
enough amount of medical substance given of the Drugs to keep them quiet on over-
stretched roomsand lifted up fears they may have been purposely euthanized.
Police pushed into water an observations into 92 of the deaths in2002 but after a stretched
out a looking into (causes,
effects), theruler Prosecution Service (CPS) decided in 2006 that there wasnot
enough Evidence to put the law into motion against.
About the doctor:
Dr Jane Barton is the retired GP at the heart of the Gosport (shameful and disgraceful act
orsituation), who signed off the medical prescriptions that possibly added/gave to the early death

sof hundreds of patients.
An independent question (or investigation), which started in 2014, has reviewed 833 death
certificates signed by Barton, and found that 456 patients died and possibly 200 more had theirliv
es shortened because of the (something commonly done) practice at Gosport War Memorial
hospital. The report said there was a "ignoring (people's feelings) for human life" and a "culture
of shortening the lives" of a lot of patients between 1989 and 2000 (Tavora, Kryvenko and
Epstein, 2013).
The Allegations chiefplace on the actions of former GP Dr JaneBarton, who was discover
ed responsible of number times another instances of serious expert be bad by the Genera l
Medical Council (GMC) in 2010 but was not struck off and quickly went away.
Reason from the side of enquiry
The shocking result of the Panel's work is that we have now been able to figure out
that the livesof over 450 patients were shortened while in the hospital ... during a certain period a
GosportWar Memorial Hospital, there was a paying no attention to human life and a culture
ofshortening the lives of a large number of patients by prescribing and (controlling or managing/
giving medicine or something else) "dangerous doses" of a dangerous combination of medicine
not (related to medicine and science) pointed to/showed or gave a good reason for when
relatives complained about the safety of patients and the appropriateness of their care, they were
regularly (all the time) let down by those in authority - both people and institutions (Decker and
et. al., 2014).
2. The steps taken by the hospital to rebuilt their reputation.
The hospital takes many steps to rebuild their reputations. But due to imperfection in
their profession the reputation was not constructed properly (Decker and et. al., 2014). The
families continuously demand for the justice for their lost ones. There are not any specific steps
taken by the hospital owners but they tried hard for it.

CONCLUSION
It can be concluded from the above article that the memorial hospital badly affected by
the scandal .the doctor found guilt for the given case. The main reason found behind that the
patients lost their lives due to overdose of painkillers or drugs. The system of medical report
preparation also found to be faulty. The hospital later take many steps for rebuilding its
reputation but it failed to create it again. The report of initial enquiry also deemed to be wrong by
the victims. The health minister also apologize the families of those who lost their relatives in the
scandal.

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