Xi’an hospital punished for refusing entry to pregnant woman
January 6, 2022, 9:02 am

Xi’an hospital punished for refusing entry to pregnant woman

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The Associated Press reported that hospital officials in the northern Chinese city of Xi’an have been punished after a pregnant woman miscarried after being refused entry, reportedly for not having current COVID-19 test results.

The city government announced Thursday that Gaoxin Hospital General Manager Fan Yuhui has been suspended and the heads of the outpatient department and medical department sacked.

A government statement said the incident had “caused widespread concern in society and caused a severe social impact.”

The woman waited outside the hospital on a pink plastic stool on New Year’s Day until she started bleeding. In a video taken by her husband that was circulated widely, a pool of blood was visible by her feet.

A city of 13 million, Xi’an has been under strict lockdown for more than two weeks, prompting scattered criticisms over shortages of food and heavy-handed behavior by authorities, who are under intense pressure to bring down COVID-19 case numbers.

The city said an investigation was carried out following the incident but gave no details. The hospital was ordered to issue a public apology, provide compensation and “optimize the medical treatment process.”

It wasn’t clear how many hospital staff had been punished in total, but they joined a growing list of officials disciplined over their handling of the outbreak.

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The city government on Thursday said two other ranking officials with the Xi’an Emergency Center and Xi’an Municipal Health Commission had been given formal warnings by the ruling Communist Party.

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Xi’an recorded another 63 cases of COVID-19, reported to be the delta variant, on Thursday, bringing its total over the month-long outbreak to more than 1,800, with no reported deaths.

Source: AP

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