Admission. Delay. Discharge. Death.
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August - 2025, Posted On: 01 August 2025
A 34-year-old schoolteacher, two months pregnant, began experiencing high fever and lower abdominal pain. She visited her regular physician — who also ran a maternity clinic — and was advised immediate admission to a hospital where the same doctor consulted.
By late morning, she was admitted. An ultrasound confirmed a missed abortion. Her uterus was enlarged, the foetus non-viable. Hospital staff contacted the consulting doctor — who, according to the patient’s husband, assured them over multiple calls: “I’ll be there in 15–20 minutes.”
She never arrived.
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