31.03.2023.
State Secretary Starović talks to doctors about medical status of injured employee
Today, State Secretary Nemanja Starović spoke to the doctors at the Emergency Centre (Clinical Centre of Serbia) about the medical status of S.S., a member of the cleaning staff who was seriously injured after she fell from a great height this morning.
After his conversation with the doctors at the Intensive Care Unit B, State Secretary Starović said that an accident had occurred at around 10 o’clock this morning during regular cleaning activities at the Ministry of Defence Building in Birčaninova Street.- A 59-year-old Ministry of Defence employee fell from the seventh floor, suffering very serious injuries. She was immediately transported by ambulance to the Emergency Centre, and the competent authorities carried out an investigation at the scene of the accident. It is most important now that we all pray for the recovery of our colleague and that we have faith in the expertise and dedication of the doctors of the Emergency Centre, who I am sure will do everything in their power to save her life - said State Secretary Starović.
The head of the Emergency Centre’s Intensive Care Unit, anaesthesiologist Dr. Biljana Damnjanović, said that the patient had sustained life-threatening physical injuries.
- A patient was brought today to the Emergency Centre by ambulance accompanied by a doctor. We learned that she had sustained injuries after falling from the seventh floor. She was brought in a serious condition, unconscious, with an unmeasurable blood pressure, fast heart rate, without diuresis. She was immediately intubated and connected to a mechanical ventilator, she was given CPR immediately, and after re-establishing the vital functions, she was sent for diagnostic testing, which included a CT scan of the head, X-ray and CT scan of the chest, the ultrasound and CT scan of the abdomen, a whole spine scan, and a pelvic CT scan including both hips. When the results came in, she was examined by a neurosurgeon, a surgeon, an orthopaedist, a thoracic surgeon, a vascular surgeon and a cardiac surgeon. These are serious physical injuries. After initial resuscitation, her treatment continues at the Emergency Centre’s Intensive Care Unit B using a multidisciplinary approach - said Dr. Damnjanović.
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