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Technical breakdown puts mothers,infants at risk at Stockholm's maternity wards

Xinhua, January 23, 2017 Adjust font size:

The computerized journal system used at all maternity wards in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, suffered severe disruptions over the weekend and was still affecting the wards on Monday.

The disruptions put both mothers and infants at risk. Sodersjukhuset in Stockholm was among the affected hospitals.

Its head of operations and chief physician, Sari Ponzar, told newspaper Aftonbladet: "This is really not good. Both the hospital and the IT department are working on resolving the issue... The operations at the hospital are reliant on a functioning journal system but for now we are using paper instead and there are routines in place for dealing with this kind of situation."

It is through the digital journal system called Obstretrix that information about pregnant women and their babies is transferred from the maternity ward to the delivery unit.

The disruptions to the system began late Saturday night and seemed to be resolved by Sunday. However, the system then crashed again on Sunday evening and the break-down was still affecting maternity wards on Monday. Endit