The legal department of the State Health Services Organisation will decide whether to launch disciplinary investigations into staff over the death of a 42-year-old woman who died at Larnaca hospital following routine surgery.
The investigating officer’s report was delivered to SHSO management on Friday afternoon and forwarded to the legal department today, according to philenews.
The legal department will study the report to determine whether grounds exist for disciplinary investigations against staff members who were on duty during Georgia’s hospitalisation.
Police are also reviewing the report as part of their own investigation, launched after a complaint from the family, to establish whether criminal liability exists.
Georgia underwent a hysterectomy on 16 January. Two days later, on 18 January, her family was told that she had suffered a severe stroke and fallen into a coma, which her doctors described as irreversible, according to a complaint letter.
The family has alleged that Georgia contacted relatives to say she had repeatedly pressed her call bell for help to go to the toilet but received no response. She then got out of bed, fell, and struck her head.
The complaint letter also states that Georgia had complained of severe dizziness and had asked for her catheter not to be removed, saying she did not feel safe to move.
Both SHSO and police are investigating the circumstances of the fall.