The College of Physicians may introduce drug testing for doctors on duty following the death of the resident doctor at Floreasca Hospital, who was found to have injected Fentanyl.
The death of the resident doctor at Floreasca Hospital continues to stir reactions in the medical system. After reports emerged that the doctor had administered Fentanyl before being found dead in the hospital, the College of Physicians in Romania is considering a series of measures aimed at the health and safety of medical staff.
"Here, a consultation with the doctors should be held. You have given me a very good topic for consideration, which I will discuss with our specialized committees. It is an issue on which I will truly reflect and we will inform you of our decision.
It is indeed an issue that I had not thought about, it is not a decision I can make on my own, it is a decision that we can only make as a team and with those committees of the College of Physicians that regulate activities in these specialties.
"Just as we test drivers at some point, something should be done," said the President of the College of Physicians, Cătălina Poiană, as quoted by Mediafax.
The resident doctor found dead at Floreasca Hospital died as a result of Fentanyl administration, according to the rapid test results conducted during the autopsy by the National Institute of Legal Medicine (INML). The 32-year-old, in his fifth year of residency, was found lifeless in the medical facility's restroom on Saturday.
According to sources from the investigation cited by Mediafax, the doctor had worked 14 shifts in the last three months. Colleagues suspect he may have used the substance to cope with chronic fatigue.
Fentanyl is a potent analgesic and anesthetic used in severe cases, with a potency up to 100 times greater than morphine.
A criminal investigation is ongoing to determine precisely how the doctor obtained the substance and the exact circumstances of the death.