Police in Ha Tinh Province are investigating a stillborn baby’s birth that saw the body incur a cut to its neck.
Vice director of Duc Tho District General Hospital, Pham Hong Cuong, announced on July 3 that they have suspended the group of doctors and nurses who delivered the baby on June 30 for further investigations.
According to reports from the hospital, Nguyen Thi Tinh, 37, was brought to hospital as she began labour at 8 am on June 30. Initial checks showed that Tinh and her baby were both in good condition. At 6.30pm, a group of nurses helped Tinh deliver the baby but was unable to take it out. They called for support from the head of the Obstetric Ward, Nguyen Minh Duc, who came at 7pm and directly taken over the work. However, he found the baby stillborn and while trying to pull it out, he caused a break in its neck which was then with made up with eight stitches.
Answering questions from the media, Doctor Nguyen Minh Duc said that when he arrived to take over the case, he found that the baby’s head had come out with several scratches while its shoulders had got stuck.
“I found that the baby was stillborn and as I managed to pull it out, I caused its neck to break which was when we inserted eight stitches,” the doctor said.
Doctor Pham Hong Cuong also said that the baby must have been stillborn two or three days earlier.
Meanwhile, the Ha Tinh Provincial Department of Health said that the hospital had failed to follow regulations on caring for women in childbirth set by the Ministry of Health.
“The doctors didn’t take a fetal ultrasound so didn’t know the baby was stillborn,” the department said.
The department has asked the hospital to further investigate the case and report to the department by July 12.
Source: Dtinews
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