In a news we shared with you a few months ago, we talked about an event that might even come to your mind. The spleen of a citizen named Ahmet Kıral who had spleen surgery in Yalova, which was supposed to be sent to Istanbul for testing, was lost in the cargo. The fact that the transport company registered the spleen as “standard cargo” confused them even more. Now, there has been a new development regarding this strange event.
The family of the citizen, whose spleen was lost in the cargo, filed a complaint on the incident. After this complaint, Yalova Provincial Health Directorate launched an investigation on the subject. As a result of the investigation, it was decided to impose an administrative fine of 3,000 TL for the private hospital that sent the spleen to Istanbul. However, in the investigation, there was a more striking detail than this fine.
It’s okay to send the spleen as “standard cargo”
The Forensic Medicine Institute also submitted a report it prepared within the scope of the investigation to the prosecutor’s office. In this report, it was stated that it is medically appropriate to send the spleen as standard cargo. Making statements on the announcement of the investigation decision, Ahmet Kıral’s son Ünal Kıral said, “He found the expression ‘standard cargo’ in the forensic medicine report to be medically appropriate. This decision saddened us. A hernia occurred in my father’s stitches during the spleen surgery. We are still following this incident, but we want it to be followed up fairly. Everyone should put their hands on their conscience.”
The standard cargo detail in the report was brought to the agenda by Musap Nayman, who previously served as Ahmet Kıral’s lawyer. In his statement on the subject, the lawyer said that the issues of moving organs were determined by the state and that the hospital did not comply with these issues. That lawyer said: “In the regulation, there is a 3-stage packaging requirement regarding the organs to be sent for pathological examination. This is necessary in order to prevent the organs from deteriorating on the way. According to the law no. 2238, there is the statement that organ transplantation or transportation is done by ‘approved cargo companies’ by the Ministry of Health. The cargo company sent is authorized by the Ministry. As a result of the investigation, we think that the cargo company was not aware of the incident and that the hospital was responsible. “
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