Pregnant China student wrongly diagnosed with kidney disease dies, was carrying stillborn child
- Overweight woman, 23, returns to parents for Lunar New Year holiday, suffers breathing difficulties, stomach pain, rushed to hospital
A 23-year-old university student who died after being misdiagnosed with kidney disease, was actually seven months pregnant and carrying a stillborn child.
Originally from Dengzhou, Nanyang, in Henan province, central China, the woman, given the pseudonym Lili, was a second-year student returning to her hometown to be with her parents for the Lunar New Year.
Her mother and father noticed that their usually slim daughter had gained a significant amount of weight and was struggling with shortness of breath during everyday chores.
When she complained of abdominal pain, Lili’s father, surnamed Pang, took her to Dengzhou People’s Hospital.
Medical records show that Lili was diagnosed with kidney disease and received extensive treatment that included hormone therapy and medication to treat an infection.
However, her condition deteriorated, and on February 11, after experiencing severe breathing difficulties and losing consciousness, she was urgently transferred to Nanyang First People’s Hospital.