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Court case likely over death of mom-to-be

A DISPUTE over a woman who died in hospital last week while being treated for complications related to her pregnancy is set to go to court, news website caixin.com reported yesterday.

Yang Bing, 34, a researcher at the China Academy of Sciences, died last Monday at Peking University Third Hospital. She was 26 weeks鈥 pregnant at the time and had been in the hospital since December.

Doctors said last week that Yang died from a tear in her aorta, adding that the condition is increasingly likely in people with a long history of high blood pressure, which Yang had, and women in the later stages of pregnancy.

The woman鈥檚 family, however, were not satisfied with the decision and a row has been running ever since.

Caixin yesterday quoted hospital director Qiao Jie as saying that 鈥渢he two sides are going to start legal proceedings.鈥

Academy backing

The case caught the public鈥檚 attention after the academy鈥檚 Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, where Yang worked as a researcher, entered the fray.

On Saturday, it issued a statement on its website saying: 鈥淲e have officially sent a letter to hospital, demanding a clear and transparent investigation into Yang鈥檚 death.鈥

It added that it 鈥(objects to) anyone using the Internet to spread false information that damages Yang and her family鈥檚 reputation.鈥

The second comment was likely a reference to an online post that claimed the family had recruited thugs to attack doctors at the hospital.

The hospital itself issued a statement on Saturday saying that 鈥渄ozens鈥 of people had converged on the building and 鈥渟everely bothered the medical treatment order and posed a life-threatening risk to patients.鈥

The Chinese Medical Doctor Association joined the row on the side of the hospital, telling the CAS it 鈥渟hould educate (its) employees鈥 and that it was 鈥渁 pity that your employee and her family used possible illegal acts to deal with the accident,鈥 caixin.com reported.

Yang鈥檚 husband, Zhang Ziqiang, dismissed claims that his family had been involved in the alleged ruckus.


 

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