Turkish woman with broken back in Denmark dies due to negligence

A Turkish woman living in Denmark was announced dead, after being held at a hospital for a long period of time with a broken back and was later transferred to a different hospital.

Filiz Kılıç (46), mother of three children who was living in the city of Holbaek and worked as a translator experienced a traumatic incident resulting in lumbar fraction. Kılıç was immediately taken to a nearby hospital where she was held for a long period of time, and was transferred to a different hospital after 2 days for an operation. Following the operation Filiz Kılıç experienced a heart attack and was announced dead shortly after.

Her family will be suing the Holbaek Hospital due to serious neglects that they have noticed and the doctors at the second hospital have also confirmed there was negligence on behalf of Holbaek Hospital. Kılıç's family stated that the Holbaek Hospital told them that the patient had to be held until the municipality approved the patient's file.

Filiz Kılıç will be taken back to Gaziantep, Turkey once Odense Hospital finishes funeral processes.