Sackings over 'stillborn' baby
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December 3, 2011, Saturday
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HOSPITAL bosses have been dismissed and staff banned from medical work in the wake of a scandal in which a premature baby was dumped in a toilet after being mistakenly diagnosed as stillborn in south China's Guangdong Province.
The head of the Nanhai Red Cross Hospital in the city of Foshan and a senior hospital official have been dismissed, while four medical workers in obstetrics and gynecology have been barred from practicing medical work, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
Liu Dongmei, 22, was informed that she had given birth to a stillborn baby girl on October 26 at the hospital.
The baby was then wrapped in a plastic bag and discarded in a restroom by nurses.
Half an hour later, Liu's family rushed to the hospital and demanded to see the baby. The child was found to be alive, and a boy.
The baby has been transferred to another hospital in Foshan and is in stable condition, the statement said.
The incident triggered outrage in the local community and stirred debate concerning hospital management.
It exposed loopholes in the hospital's management and the implementation of medical protocol, as well as problematic attitudes among staff, the statement said.
The ministry asked health authorities and hospitals at all levels to draw a lesson from the incident and step up their efforts to close loopholes.
Medical workers should also improve attitudes toward patients, the statement said.
Compensation for Liu and her child is being arranged by a local intermediation agency, the statement said.
The head of the Nanhai Red Cross Hospital in the city of Foshan and a senior hospital official have been dismissed, while four medical workers in obstetrics and gynecology have been barred from practicing medical work, the Ministry of Health said yesterday.
Liu Dongmei, 22, was informed that she had given birth to a stillborn baby girl on October 26 at the hospital.
The baby was then wrapped in a plastic bag and discarded in a restroom by nurses.
Half an hour later, Liu's family rushed to the hospital and demanded to see the baby. The child was found to be alive, and a boy.
The baby has been transferred to another hospital in Foshan and is in stable condition, the statement said.
The incident triggered outrage in the local community and stirred debate concerning hospital management.
It exposed loopholes in the hospital's management and the implementation of medical protocol, as well as problematic attitudes among staff, the statement said.
The ministry asked health authorities and hospitals at all levels to draw a lesson from the incident and step up their efforts to close loopholes.
Medical workers should also improve attitudes toward patients, the statement said.
Compensation for Liu and her child is being arranged by a local intermediation agency, the statement said.
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