When a policewoman was 37 weeks pregnant in 2016, she needed to be born immediately at Queen Elizabeth Hospital (pictured) due to pregnancy toxemia. After giving birth to a baby girl on the same day, she suffered massive uterine bleeding and died 3 days later. The family questioned that the doctor did not detect the remaining placenta. Coroner Ho Junyao ruled yesterday (22nd) that the deceased died unfortunately.
He Guan said, accepting the opinion of expert witness Liang Deyang, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at CUHK School of Medicine, that the deceased had amniotic fluid embolism secondary to disseminated intravascular coagulation problems, and underwent hysterectomy without correction, resulting in massive abdominal bleeding. , followed by death. The disseminated intravascular coagulation problem secondary to amniotic fluid embolism was not the direct cause of death of the deceased. On the contrary, she received treatment because of her condition and died during the treatment. According to relevant principles, it was ruled that the deceased died of misfortune.
Ho Guan put forward 5 suggestions to the HA and the Iraqi Hospital, including adding point-of-care testing equipment to assess coagulation function in all delivery rooms, setting up an independent operating room, and establishing a mechanism to ensure that doctors and nurses follow the clinical plan of obstetrics.
The deceased, Ye Suxin, was admitted to Queen Elizabeth Hospital on October 6, 2016. After giving birth, she gave birth to a baby girl on the same night. After delivery, the uterus might not contract on its own, resulting in continuous bleeding. The hospital successively performed procedures such as plugging hemostatic cells and gauze, and hysterectomy for her. It was postponed to the morning of October 9, and she was 26 years old.
Originally published on AM730 https://www.am730.com.hk/local/26-year-old policewoman dies of bloodshed following childbirth – coroner’s court ruled to have unfortunate death/339771?utm_source=yahoorss&utm_medium=referral
