Inquiry launched after patient dies due to laughing gas

Šempeter pri Gorici/Ljubljana, 16 March - Police have launched an inquiry into the death of a patient at the general hospital in Šempeter pri Gorici, who appears to have died after receiving nitrous oxide instead of oxygen during a resuscitation procedure.

Šempeter pri Gorici Nataša Fikfak, the director of the Šempeter pri Novi Gorici hospital. Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici
Nataša Fikfak, the director of the Šempeter pri Novi Gorici hospital.
Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici The resuscitation room in which a patient died after being mistakenly administered laughing gas instead of oxygen. Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici
The resuscitation room in which a patient died after being mistakenly administered laughing gas instead of oxygen.
Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici The resuscitation room in which a patient died after being mistakenly administered laughing gas instead of oxygen. Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

Šempeter pri Gorici
The resuscitation room in which a patient died after being mistakenly administered laughing gas instead of oxygen.
Photo: Rosana Rijavec/STA

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