The helper has previously been acquitted in the Court in Frederiksberg, but the prosecution appealed the verdict.
The incident took place in May 2019.
The home helper came to work in the patient’s home after a lunch with herring table and schnapps. He himself says that he had been given five or six snaps, but that he did not feel intoxicated.
– I do not drink normally, he says in court, adding that he did not feel that it affected his reflexes.
Later in the evening, two other sosu assistants arrived at the apartment. They were helping the patient to bed when he suddenly developed a severe malaise.
The patient had turned blue in the head, and later measurements showed that his oxygen saturation in the blood was 58 percent. Usually the level is 95-100 percent.
According to the two sosu assistants, who both testify in court, the accused domestic worker was still almost unable to move out of the living room, even though the two assistants were panicking.
When the accused domestic worker finally entered the bedroom, he was cold and absent, both assistants explain.
– What surprises me the most is the helper’s reaction, which seems very comprehensible and cool, says one.
Among those present, there is disagreement about what exactly is happening. However, everyone agrees that chaos developed in the small apartment.
The two sosu assistants called 112, and both the ambulance, ambulance and police showed up at the address shortly after.
Here, the police noticed that the home helper smelled strongly of alcohol. Around 3 a.m. the following night, a blood sample was taken by the home helper.
It showed that he had a blood alcohol level of 1.99. According to netdoktor.dk, with such a level of alcohol in the blood, one will experience poisoning symptoms and lack of self-control.
The High Court must decide whether the accused home helper should have known that the oxygen patient needed to be connected to a respirator – and if so, whether it was his responsibility to provide help to him.
The case is expected to be closed on Monday afternoon.
Source: The Nordic Page