Xian updates Covid-19 rules as two unborn babies lost to hospital delays
- Video posted on social media showed bloodied eight-months pregnant woman waiting outside a hospital for two hours as her Covid-19 test was invalid
- A second woman miscarried and had to undergo an abortion after multiple hospitals refused entry over technicalities
A video circulating online showed an eight-months pregnant woman sitting outside a hospital with blood running down her legs, after she was refused immediate entry into a hospital for not having a valid Covid-19 test result.
She was kept waiting for two hours on Saturday night as her test had expired four hours before, her niece said in a post on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform.
“[Medical workers] sent her to an operating room seeing her [bleeding seriously]. The baby died in the womb after eight months of pregnancy because of delayed treatment,” the niece’s post said.
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On Wednesday, Xian authorities said hospitals should provide treatment, and open “green lanes” and hotline services for pregnant women and patients with critical illnesses.