Queensland Hospital Sued for Medical Negligence: Pregnant Woman Loses Baby and Dignity

2023-06-08 07:30:57

Pregnant Southwell sues the hospital for losing her baby and her dignity. (Picture / Reposted from Twitter)

A medical tragedy occurred in Queensland, Australia. Pregnant woman Nikkole Southwell sued the nearly 200-year-old Ipswich Hospital, allowing her to be examined with crude equipment in full view, and the doctors and nurses even refused her further examination The request caused her to lose her 3-month-old baby, and she hugged the baby’s body wrapped in a plastic bag on the bed sheet full of other people’s blood.

According to the “Mirror” report, Southwell accused the hospital of making her lie on a bed sheet stained with other patients’ blood and watching her in the waiting room under full view.Paramedic checking cervix with flashlight of her husband’s phone. Unexpectedly, Southwell was told that the cervical bleeding had stopped, and a few hours following being discharged from the hospital, he returned to Ipswich Hospital with the same problem and complications.

Southwell begged medical staff for further scans, but shortly following she was diagnosed with a life-threatening uterine arteriovenous malformation (AVM), her 12-week-old baby aborted and died. , the medical staff only wrapped her fetus in a “plastic bag for the public area of ​​the hospital”, and made her hug the dead child in an extremely insulting way, “I lost my dignity and my baby.” Queensland Health and Emergency Services Minister Shannon Fentiman not only ordered a thorough investigation, but also promised to pay attention to the health of all women in the state.

In recent years, Australia has faced severe challenges from the collapse of the Medicare system. Medical staff, especially family doctors, are aging and medical expenses are rising, forcing patients to delay treatment or switch to over-the-counter medicines, and fewer and fewer people use the Medicare system. The bulk billing (Bulk Billing), and only 65.8% of patients can receive complete bulk billing assistance. For this reason, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese discussed the health care reform plan with the state leaders in February this year.

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