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Document 91997E003283
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3283/97 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Lack of hospital care for elderly people followinmg cardiac catheterization operations
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3283/97 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Lack of hospital care for elderly people followinmg cardiac catheterization operations
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3283/97 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Lack of hospital care for elderly people followinmg cardiac catheterization operations
OJ C 174, 8.6.1998, p. 36
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT, FI, SV)
91997E3283
WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3283/97 by Leonie van BLADEL to the Council. Lack of hospital care for elderly people followinmg cardiac catheterization operations
Official Journal C 174 , 08/06/1998 P. 0036
WRITTEN QUESTION E-3283/97 by Leonie van Bladel (UPE) to the Council (21 October 1997) Subject: Lack of hospital care for elderly people followinmg cardiac catheterization operations 1. Does the Council agree that after a cardiac catheterization operation on a middle-aged person the hospital should keep the patient in for observation for at least two day, as recommended by the Nederlandse Hartstichting (Dutch heart foundation)? A hospital in Amsterdam recently failed to observe this, with the result that the patient died. 2. Can the Council indicate where this rule is set out? 3. Can the Council guarantee that this rule is strictly observed in all the Member States? 4. Can the Council confirm that the growing number of elderly persons, whose efforts brought about the economic rise of Europe, do not become the victims of the purely economic policy of hospitals and are allowed to stay in hospital, under expert nursing supervision, for two days after a cardiac catheterization operation? Answer (26 February 1998) The issue raised by the Honourable Member is not the subject of provisions adopted pursuant to the Treaties.