After the death of CDU politician parents of Philipp Mißfelder sue clinic

Backgrounds of the death of Philipp Mißfelder are legally rolled up
Three months ago, the CDU politician Philipp Mißfelder died at the age of 35 from a pulmonary embolism. Now the background of his death is legally rolled up. His parents have sued the clinic for the release of the medical records.

Inconsistencies about the circumstances of death
In July 2015, the CDU member of parliament Philipp Mißfelder died at the age of 35 years completely unexpectedly from a pulmonary embolism. A pulmonary embolism is usually triggered by a blood clot that has formed in the leg and then migrated to the lungs. In the foreign policy, it is said to have been due to a stair fall a few months earlier. Nine months after the death of Missfeld, the background of the death is now legally being rolled up. His parents have sued the University Hospital Münster. This is reported by the newspapers of the "Funke Mediengruppe" in their Monday editions. It is about the publication of medical records, as there should be discrepancies and inconsistencies about the circumstances of death.

The CDU politician Philipp Mißfelder died of a pulmonary embolism nine months before. His parents have now sued the clinic. (Image: stockWERK / fotolia.com)

Long-term sequence of a stair fall
The hospital and other parts of the family are reluctant to file the files. Thus, the widow Ann-Christin Mißfelder, her deceased husband would not have wanted this. It is said that the relationship between him and his parents has been shattered. These deny this, however. The official cause of death of the deceased on 12 July 2015 politician is pulmonary embolism, which was considered a long-term episode of a stair fall in February 2015. According to attorney Karoline Seibt, who represents Mißfelder's parents, there are "different versions" of the course of this fall. In addition, there are contradictory statements in the room about the last hours of the late politician. The parents wanted to make their own picture based on the patient documentation.

Thrombosis is life threatening
After his death, it was pointed out that Mißfelder made a healthy impression a few days earlier when he was interviewed on a trip to London on CNN. However, this is not surprising in the diagnosis made. The cause of a pulmonary embolism is in most cases a blood clot (thrombus) that has developed in the leg, then dissolved and migrated to the lungs. An undiscovered thrombosis quickly becomes a mortal danger. Health experts point out that, depending on its size, the dangerous plug can clog small or large pulmonary arteries and thus separate part of the lungs from the bloodstream. And that happens quite often. "In Germany alone, around 100,000 people die each year from vascular occlusion due to thrombotic diseases," reported the German Society for Angiology (DGA) on the occasion of an action day last year. (Ad)